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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
811-08411
(Investment Company Act file number)
James Advantage Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1349 Fairground Road
Beavercreek, Ohio 45385
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Barry R. James
P.O. Box 8
Alpha, Ohio 45301
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (937) 426-7640
Date of fiscal year end: June 30
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
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¨ | James Small Cap Fund |
¨ | James Mid Cap Fund |
¨ | James Micro Cap Fund |
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James Advantage Funds | Shareholder Letter | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
First, I’d like to thank you for helping us achieve a major milestone. This past year, the James Balanced, Golden Rainbow Fund crossed the significant threshold of $1 billion. As you know, in the past it had received some high honors from US News and World Report and Lipper. It seems as if others have noticed. This is good news for you, as the advisory fee rate dropped for assets in excess of $500 million and again for assets in excess of $1 billion .
We had other significant news this past year. We terminated the James Advantage Market Neutral Fund(JAMNX), in part so we could bring out our new fund, the James Advantage Long Short Fund(JAZZX). The Market Neutral Fund was a creature of the 90’s and wasn’t structured to give us the flexibility to adapt to evolving markets.
Despite worries about the economy, employment, inflation and the national debt, the market surged last year. Last year we said “When great fear is matched with exceptional prices and improving prospects, the stock market usually rises rapidly. We believe such an opportunity is slowly starting to build. It may take a few quarters to materialize, but we think another good buying opportunity will arise.” While volatile, both stocks and bonds advanced. It was a year for greater speculation as the Fed pumped money into the economy. Smaller stocks outperformed as did stocks with greater growth characteristics. Here, now is this year’s Annual Report to the James Advantage Funds’ shareholders.
The Market Over the Past Year
Commonly used as a barometer of the stock market, the S&P 500 rose by 30.68 percent over the twelve months ending June 30, 2011, an excellent year. The Dow Jones Industrials rose about the same, 30.36 percent, while smaller capitalization stocks, represented by the Russell 2000, jumped 37.38 percent.
This last year was pretty good for internet stocks, energy stocks and some basic material stocks. It wasn’t a great year for thrift, financial service or gold stocks.
The bond market offered much more sedate returns. The Barclay’s Intermediate Gov/Credit Index, a broad measure of high grade U.S. fixed income securities, returned 3.37%. Rising inflation gave a scare to the bond market for a while, but the continued economic weakness helped bonds rebound. Many pundits had expected rates to rise rapidly all year long. We are glad we follow our own research.
Investment Goals and Objectives
James Investment Research has a long history of value investing and we do not drift from our style because the markets are temporarily moving in one direction or another. We believe that value investing will outperform over the long run and that value stocks will hold up better than growth or speculative stocks in difficult markets.
The objectives of our Funds are stated in the Prospectus, and each Fund has a benchmark that the portfolio management team strives to beat. This is not always going to happen, but if we can outperform over the long run without deviating from our stated objectives and style, we believe we will be serving our shareholders well.
Investment Philosophy
We believe our research team is among the best in the business. We have a very sophisticated process that is both quantitative and qualitative. We have an investment committee that adds wisdom and experience to the quantitative work and we have evolved a process that we believe is unparalleled in our profession. However, all this is built on a strong foundation of value investing. Our modeling and our fundamental analysis is premised on our conclusion that the preponderance of evidence shows value stocks outperform growth stocks over the long run.
We believe that by preserving capital in declining markets and by holding undervalued stocks we can accomplish what our clients and shareholders want, consistent returns that will outperform the benchmarks.
Fund Performance
The Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund Class A shares rose 15.01% over the twelve months ending June 30, 2010. Its benchmark, comprised of the Russell 2000 Index, the S&P 500 Index and the Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index, rose by 18.40%. The Fund lagged its benchmark, as value stocks lagged growth stocks and the low allocation to equities slowed performance as the market rose. The portfolio has kept very modest levels of equities throughout the year, but has pulled back some when we saw risk levels rise. In addition, we have lowered risks in the bond portfolio by adding shorter maturity bonds as well as some high quality international bonds. The flexibility the Fund offers to adjust equity levels and bond durations was of great help this past year.
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Shareholder Letter | James Advantage Funds | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
The James Small Cap Fund rose strongly, advancing 36.59% over the fiscal year versus 37.41% for the Russell 2000, its benchmark. Value oriented stocks underperformed this last year, as earnings growth and speculative trends favored growth stocks. Still, since we also consider earnings along with valuations, the portfolio performed well.
Finally, the James Mid Cap Fund advanced 32.97%, almost matching its benchmark, the S&P Mid Cap 400, which rose 33.44%. The Fund was affected by the same factors as the other James Funds for most of the fiscal year. We expect the Mid Cap Fund to improve its performance relative to the benchmark, as our research leads us to believe that our bargain approach is beginning to outperform again.
The James Micro Cap Fund started on July 1, 2010 and returned 19.10% for the year. This fund focused on companies that are less than $250 million in size. As such, the results will be volatile and we don’t expect them to correlate well with any particular index. For comparison’s sake though, the benchmark, the Russell Micro Cap index, returned 33.91 percent for the year. We attribute much of the lag compared with the benchmark to cash inflows while the market was running. Of course, investing in micro cap stocks is more time intensive than investing in larger capitalization stocks.
Please see the following charts for longer term comparisons for all our funds.
Expectations for the Future
The great engine of our economy, consumer spending, is said to represent about 70 percent of our GDP. It is therefore a concern to report slowing in this sector. With 9.1 percent unemployment and higher prices for food and energy, it is natural that consumers would spend less. Some reports show consumer purchases for the second quarter of this year to be at the weakest level since June 2010. The saving rate has risen modestly, to 5 percent, building assets for the future. The FED reports core inflation rose again in May at a 0.3 percent rate, the largest one-month gain since October 2009. Cars and light truck sales were running at an 11.8 million annual rate, down from 13.1 million in the previous month.
Offsetting these gloomy figures are more encouraging data relating to industrial production. We even have seen an increased demand for commercial and industrial facilities in our local area and county sales tax revenue has been rising. Ohio is one of the industrialized states that suffered the most in the recession and it is encouraging to see some revival.
In viewing prospects for the US economy, we have in the past put the odds of a strong recovery at about 10%, and an economy which was “bumping along the bottom” at 60%. We still believe the odds of another recession to be not much over 30%, but they are beginning to rise in view of the global slowdown. U.S. debt limit problems fill the media but have been somewhat ignored by Wall Street, which appears to believe constraints on government size and spending to be beneficial. In the face of these problems, we are optimistic for the future but believe a conservative allocation is prudent for the present.
Barry R. James, CFA, CIC
President
You should carefully consider the investment objectives, potential risks, management fees, and charges and expenses of the Fund before investing. The Fund’s prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund, and should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain a current copy of the Fund’s prospectus by calling 1-800-995-2637. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
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James Advantage Funds | Growth of $10,000 Charts | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund – Retail Class
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, S&P 500® Index and Blended Index Average Annual Total Returns
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception(2) | |||||||
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow - Retail Class | 15.01% | 6.38% | 7.55% | 8.39% | ||||||
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index | 30.69% | 2.94% | 2.72% | 8.63% | ||||||
Russell 2000® Index | 37.41% | 4.08% | 6.27% | 9.82% | ||||||
Barclays Capital Intermediate Government/Credit Index | 3.77% | 6.08% | 5.34% | 6.33% | ||||||
Blended Index(1) | 18.40% | 5.39% | 5.44% | 8.23% | ||||||
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow - Institutional Class | 15.27% | N/A | N/A | 17.91% | ||||||
Standard & Poor’s 500® Index | 30.69% | N/A | N/A | 34.02% | ||||||
Russell 2000® Index | 37.41% | N/A | N/A | 43.59% | ||||||
Barclays Capital Intermediate Government/Credit Index | 3.77% | N/A | N/A | 6.11% | ||||||
Blended Index(1) | 18.40% | N/A | N/A | 22.03% |
(1) | The Blended Index is comprised of a 25% weighting in the S&P 500® Index, a 25% weighting in the Russell 2000® Index and a 50% weighting in the Barclays Capital Intermediate Government/Credit Index. |
(2) | Retail Class inception was July 1, 1991. Institutional Class inception was March 2, 2009. |
The total annual operating expense ratio as stated in the fee table of the most recent prospectus, dated May 23, 2011, was 1.20% for the Retail Class and 1.07% for the Institutional Class. |
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the James Small Cap Fund
James Small Cap Fund and Russell 2000® Index Average Annual Total Returns
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||
James Small Cap Fund | 36.59% | 1.03% | 9.19% | |||
Russell 2000® Index | 37.41% | 4.08% | 6.27% |
The total annual operating expense ratio as stated in the fee table of the most recent prospectus, dated May 23, 2011, was 1.50%. |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Please call 1-800-995-2637 for most recent month-end performance information.
The S&P 500 Index, Russell 2000 Index, Barclay’s Capital Intermediate Government/Credit Index, S&P Mid Cap 400 Index, and Russell Micro Cap Index are widely recognized unmanaged indices of security prices and are representative of a broader market and range of securities than is found in the Fund’s portfolio. The Index returns do not reflect the deduction of expenses, which have been deducted from the Fund’s returns. The Index returns assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes and fees. Individuals cannot invest directly in any Index; however, an individual can invest in exchange traded funds or other investment vehicles that attempt to track the performance of a benchmark index.
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Growth of $10,000 Charts | James Advantage Funds | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the James Mid Cap Fund
James Mid Cap Fund and S&P Mid Cap 400® Index Average Annual Total Returns
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception(1) | ||||||||
James Mid Cap Fund | 32.97% | 2.99% | 2.99% | |||||||
S&P Mid Cap 400® Index | 33.44% | 4.63% | 4.63% |
(1) | Fund inception was June 30, 2006. |
The total annual operating expense ratio as stated in the fee table of the most recent prospectus, dated May 23, 2011, was 1.50%. |
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the James Micro Cap Fund
James Micro Cap Fund and Russell Micro Cap Index Cumulative Total Returns
Since Inception*(1) | ||||
James Micro Cap Fund | 19.10% | |||
Russell Micro Cap Index | 33.91% |
(1) | Fund inception was July 1, 2010. |
The total annual operating expense ratio as stated in the fee table of the most recent prospectus, dated May 23, 2011 was 1.50%. |
* | Returns are not annualized. |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Please call 1-800-995-2637 for most recent month-end performance information.
The S&P 500 Index, Russell 2000 Index, Barclay’s Capital Intermediate Government/Credit Index, S&P Mid Cap 400 Index, and Russell Micro Cap Index are widely recognized unmanaged indices of security prices and are representative of a broader market and range of securities than is found in the Fund’s portfolio. The Index returns do not reflect the deduction of expenses, which have been deducted from the Fund’s returns. The Index returns assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes and fees. Individuals cannot invest directly in any Index; however, an individual can invest in exchange traded funds or other investment vehicles that attempt to track the performance of a benchmark index.
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James Advantage Funds | Representation of Schedules of Investments | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
The illustrations below provide the industry sectors for the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund, and James Long-Short Fund.
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund - Industry Sector Allocation (% of Net Assets)
James Long-Short Fund - Industry Sector Allocation (% of Net Assets)
(Cash, Cash Equivalents and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities not included)
James Small Cap Fund - Industry Sector Allocation
(% of Net Assets)
James Mid Cap Fund - Industry Sector Allocation
(% of Net Assets)
James Micro Cap Fund - Industry Sector Allocation
(% of Net Assets)
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Disclosure of Fund Expenses | James Advantage Funds | |
June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) |
As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including reinvested dividends or other distributions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.
Actual Expenses. The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expense Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only. The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
Net Expense Ratio Annualized June 30, 2011(a) | Beginning Account Value January 1, 2011 | Ending Account Value June 30, 2011 | Expense Paid During Period(b) | |||||||||||||||||
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retail Class Actual | 1.11% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,035.00 | $ | 5.60 | |||||||||||||
Retail Class Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 1.11% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,019.29 | $ | 5.56 | |||||||||||||
Institutional Class Actual | 0.86% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,036.20 | $ | 4.34 | |||||||||||||
Institutional Class Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 0.86% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.53 | $ | 4.31 | |||||||||||||
James Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
Actual | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,123.20 | $ | 7.90 | |||||||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,017.36 | $ | 7.50 | |||||||||||||
James Mid Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
Actual | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,059.60 | $ | 7.66 | |||||||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,017.36 | $ | 7.50 | |||||||||||||
James Micro Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
Actual | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,027.60 | $ | 7.54 | |||||||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,017.36 | $ | 7.50 | |||||||||||||
James Long-Short Fund(c) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Actual | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,010.00 | $ | 1.57 | |||||||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | 1.50% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,017.36 | $ | 7.50 |
(a) | Annualized, based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half year expenses. |
(b) | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year (181), divided by 365. Note the expense example is typically based on a six-month period. |
(c) | The James Long-Short Fund began offering shares on May 23, 2011. |
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James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | Schedule of Investments | |
June 30, 2011 |
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COMMON STOCKS-34.3% |
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Basic Materials-4.3% | ||||||
138,000 | Barrick Gold Corp. | $6,250,020 | ||||
160,000 | Buckeye Technologies, Inc. | 4,316,800 | ||||
27,000 | Cabot Corp. | 1,076,490 | ||||
29,000 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 1,567,450 | ||||
40,000 | FMC Corp. | 3,440,800 | ||||
95,000 | Innophos Holdings, Inc. | 4,636,000 | ||||
53,500 | Lubrizol Corp. | 7,183,445 | ||||
130,000 | Newmont Mining Corp. | 7,016,100 | ||||
295,040 | PolyOne Corp. | 4,564,269 | ||||
65,000 | PPG Industries, Inc. | 5,901,350 | ||||
5,000 | Terra Nitrogen Co. LP | 687,550 | ||||
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Consumer, Cyclical-3.5% | ||||||
5,000 | AutoZone, Inc.* | 1,474,250 | ||||
10,000 | BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.* | 503,500 | ||||
56,500 | DineEquity, Inc.* | 2,953,255 | ||||
7,500 | DIRECTV, Class A* | 381,150 | ||||
214,070 | Dollar Tree, Inc.* | 14,261,344 | ||||
385,000 | Ford Motor Co.* | 5,309,150 | ||||
66,730 | Jakks Pacific, Inc.* | 1,228,499 | ||||
85,000 | Macy’s, Inc. | 2,485,400 | ||||
19,797 | Moody’s Corp. | 759,215 | ||||
75,000 | RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | 1,470,750 | ||||
580,000 | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A | 6,368,400 | ||||
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Consumer, Non-cyclical-4.6% | ||||||
248,000 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 7,477,200 | ||||
28,000 | Corn Products International, Inc. | 1,547,840 | ||||
60,900 | Darling International, Inc.* | 1,077,930 | ||||
61,500 | Forest Laboratories, Inc.* | 2,419,410 | ||||
73,000 | Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | 1,946,910 | ||||
200,000 | Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.* | 5,786,000 | ||||
74,140 | LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.* | 2,897,391 | ||||
143,000 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 5,046,470 | ||||
25,000 | Mylan, Inc.* | 616,750 | ||||
335,000 | Pfizer, Inc. | 6,901,000 | ||||
35,000 | Ruddick Corp. | 1,523,900 | ||||
2,300 | Seaboard Corp. | 5,561,400 | ||||
75,000 | Tupperware Brands Corp. | 5,058,750 | ||||
28,000 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1,444,240 | ||||
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Energy-4.0% | ||||||
76,500 | Apache Corp. | 9,439,335 | ||||
83,280 | Chevron Corp. | 8,564,515 | ||||
93,500 | Devon Energy Corp. | 7,368,735 | ||||
55,300 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 4,500,314 | ||||
20,000 | Frontier Oil Corp. | 646,200 | ||||
113,000 | Newfield Exploration Co.* | 7,686,260 | ||||
93,760 | Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners LP | 2,633,718 |
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Schedule of Investments | James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | |
June 30, 2011 |
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40,000 | Rowan Cos., Inc.* | $1,552,400 | ||||
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Financial-5.3% | ||||||
167,600 | Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc. | 1,154,764 | ||||
225,000 | American Financial Group, Inc. | 8,030,250 | ||||
109,346 | AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | 2,490,902 | ||||
35,000 | Annaly Capital Management, Inc., REIT | 631,400 | ||||
342,000 | Brookfield Office Properties, Inc., REIT | 6,593,760 | ||||
79,000 | Capital One Financial Corp. | 4,081,930 | ||||
41,000 | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., REIT | 743,330 | ||||
209,000 | EZCORP, Inc., Class A* | 7,435,175 | ||||
241,000 | FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A | 7,748,150 | ||||
245,000 | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., REIT* | 2,805,250 | ||||
25,000 | Home Properties, Inc., REIT | 1,522,000 | ||||
69,500 | Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 1,533,170 | ||||
35,000 | Post Properties, Inc., REIT | 1,426,600 | ||||
311,060 | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 9,505,993 | ||||
22,000 | Unum Group | 560,560 | ||||
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Industrial-3.4% | ||||||
60,000 | Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. | 1,407,000 | ||||
219,300 | CSX Corp. | 5,750,046 | ||||
85,500 | Cummins, Inc. | 8,848,395 | ||||
19,200 | Deere & Co. | 1,583,040 | ||||
66,000 | Eaton Corp. | 3,395,700 | ||||
23,320 | GrafTech International, Ltd.* | 472,697 | ||||
58,110 | Greif, Inc., Class A | 3,778,893 | ||||
3,000 | Joy Global, Inc. | 285,720 | ||||
6,000 | Littelfuse, Inc. | 352,320 | ||||
296,800 | Omnova Solutions, Inc.* | 2,065,728 | ||||
182,500 | Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc | 4,005,875 | ||||
68,000 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.* | 4,014,040 | ||||
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Technology-5.5% | ||||||
318,000 | Amkor Technology, Inc.* | 1,962,060 | ||||
14,000 | Arrow Electronics, Inc.* | 581,000 | ||||
80,000 | Avnet, Inc.* | 2,550,400 | ||||
14,000 | Biogen Idec, Inc.* | 1,496,880 | ||||
11,000 | Computer Sciences Corp. | 417,560 | ||||
191,910 | Deluxe Corp. | 4,742,096 | ||||
149,260 | Hewlett-Packard Co. | 5,433,064 | ||||
96,000 | Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.* | 928,320 | ||||
75,000 | International Business Machines Corp. | 12,866,250 | ||||
50,000 | Lexmark International, Inc., Class A* | 1,463,000 | ||||
61,840 | Northrop Grumman Corp. | 4,288,604 | ||||
8,000 | SYNNEX Corp.* | 253,600 | ||||
130,920 | Triumph Group, Inc. | 13,037,014 | ||||
239,500 | Western Digital Corp.* | 8,713,010 | ||||
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Utilities-3.7% | ||||||
115,000 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | $4,333,200 | ||||
205,000 | AT&T, Inc. | 6,439,050 | ||||
204,550 | BCE, Inc. | 8,036,769 | ||||
187,962 | CenturyLink, Inc. | 7,599,304 | ||||
24,500 | Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 980,735 | ||||
100,000 | Cleco Corp. | 3,485,000 | ||||
51,840 | DTE Energy Co. | 2,593,037 | ||||
52,580 | Edison International | 2,037,475 | ||||
53,800 | IDT Corp., Class B | 1,453,676 | ||||
42,000 | NorthWestern Corp. | 1,390,620 | ||||
18,800 | OGE Energy Corp. | 946,016 | ||||
10,000 | Oneok, Inc. | 740,100 | ||||
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40,034,982 | ||||||
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||
(Cost $263,420,120) | 366,522,383 | |||||
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CLOSED-END FUNDS-0.1% | ||||||
11,500 | Nuveen Ohio Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. | 178,710 | ||||
50,000 | Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 | 678,500 | ||||
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857,210 | ||||||
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TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS | ||||||
(Cost $835,119) | 857,210 | |||||
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EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS-1.5% | ||||||
50,000 | iShares® Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund | 3,625,500 | ||||
6,000 | iShares® Dow Jones US Financial Sector Index Fund | 338,100 | ||||
45,000 | iShares® MSCI Canada Index Fund | 1,425,150 | ||||
20,000 | iShares® MSCI Chile Investable Market Index Fund | 1,507,400 | ||||
62,000 | iShares® MSCI Japan Index Fund | 646,660 | ||||
100,000 | iShares® MSCI Singapore Index Fund | 1,373,000 | ||||
19,000 | iShares® MSCI South Korea Index Fund | 1,235,000 | ||||
17,000 | iShares® MSCI Turkey Index Fund | 1,013,200 | ||||
10,000 | iShares® S&P National Municipal Bond Fund | 1,035,100 | ||||
65,000 | iShares® Silver Trust Index Fund* | 2,200,250 | ||||
20,000 | Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF | 1,075,800 | ||||
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15,475,160 | ||||||
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TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS | ||||||
(Cost $13,336,134) | 15,475,160 | |||||
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EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES-0.0%(a) | ||||||
3,200 | iPATH® S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN* | 161,184 | ||||
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| |||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES | ||||||
(Cost $233,978) | 161,184 | |||||
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PREFERRED STOCKS-0.0%(a) | ||||||
Financial-0.0%(a) | ||||||
4,000 | General Electric Capital Corp., 6.000% | 102,560 |
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Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Utilities-0.0%(a) | ||||||
5,000 | AT&T, Inc., 6.375% | $133,750 | ||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | ||||||
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(Cost $230,050) | 236,310 | |||||
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CORPORATE BONDS-3.9% | ||||||
Basic Materials-0.6% | ||||||
$5,000,000 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 2.750%, 4/1/16 | 5,100,530 | ||||
1,500,000 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 5.750%, 3/15/19 | 1,714,059 | ||||
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6,814,589 | ||||||
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Consumer, Cyclical-0.3% | ||||||
785,000 | McDonald’s Corp., 5.700%, 2/1/39 | 845,859 | ||||
2,000,000 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 5.250%, 9/1/35 | 2,000,128 | ||||
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2,845,987 | ||||||
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Consumer, Non-cyclical-0.3% | ||||||
3,000,000 | The Hershey Co., 4.125%, 12/1/20 | 3,067,332 | ||||
Financial-1.7% | ||||||
2,500,000 | Citigroup, Inc., 2.875%, 12/9/11 | 2,529,485 | ||||
3,000,000 | Countrywide Financial Corp., 5.800%, 6/7/12 | 3,129,357 | ||||
2,000,000 | General Electric Capital Corp., 6.875%, 1/10/39 | 2,264,034 | ||||
5,000,000 | Morgan Stanley & Co., 3.450%, 11/2/15 | 4,950,705 | ||||
5,000,000 | U.S. Bancorp, 2.250%, 3/13/12 | 5,071,230 | ||||
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17,944,811 | ||||||
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Industrial-0.2% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Caterpillar, Inc., 7.900%, 12/15/18 | 1,278,677 | ||||
1,000,000 | Caterpillar, Inc., 8.250%, 12/15/38 | 1,429,933 | ||||
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2,708,610 | ||||||
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Technology-0.8% | ||||||
5,000,000 | Hewlett-Packard Co., 3.750%, 12/1/20 | 4,857,975 | ||||
3,700,000 | Microsoft Corp., 5.200%, 6/1/39 | 3,734,732 | ||||
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8,592,707 | ||||||
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TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | ||||||
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| |||||
(Cost $40,444,423) | 41,974,036 | |||||
|
| |||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-1.3% | ||||||
GNMA - Mortgage Backed Securities-1.3% | ||||||
9,864,279 | 4.000%, 12/20/40, Pool #4882 | 10,029,713 | ||||
2,283,716 | 4.000%, 7/15/25, Pool #745185 | 2,413,732 | ||||
1,705,327 | 4.500%, 1/15/40, Pool #723606 | 1,802,673 | ||||
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14,246,118 | ||||||
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TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | ||||||
(Cost $14,132,927) | 14,246,118 | |||||
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U.S. TREASURY BONDS & NOTES-49.6% | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds-5.1% | ||||||
35,000,000 | 3.125%, 5/15/21 | 34,874,350 | ||||
23,000,000 | 3.500%, 2/15/39 | 19,754,838 | ||||
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54,629,188 | ||||||
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| |||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes-3.4% | ||||||
9,742,513 | 2.500%, 7/15/16 | 11,142,999 |
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U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes (continued) | ||||||
$12,343,295 | 1.625%, 1/15/18 | $13,567,021 | ||||
10,398,200 | 1.375%, 1/15/20 | 11,139,072 | ||||
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35,849,092 | ||||||
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| |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes-41.1% | ||||||
15,000,000 | 4.875%, 2/15/12 | 15,441,210 | ||||
5,000,000 | 1.375%, 5/15/12 | 5,050,390 | ||||
87,000,000 | 0.750%, 5/31/12 | 87,421,080 | ||||
5,000,000 | 0.625%, 1/31/13 | 5,019,335 | ||||
54,300,000 | 3.875%, 2/15/13 | 57,352,258 | ||||
65,000,000 | 1.125%, 6/15/13 | 65,832,650 | ||||
20,000,000 | 2.625%, 12/31/14 | 21,075,000 | ||||
20,000,000 | 2.000%, 1/31/16 | 20,378,120 | ||||
48,000,000 | 4.625%, 2/15/17 | 54,720,000 | ||||
15,400,000 | 3.500%, 2/15/18 | 16,508,076 | ||||
90,000,000 | 2.750%, 2/15/19 | 90,808,560 | ||||
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439,606,679 | ||||||
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| |||||
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BONDS & NOTES |
| |||||
(Cost $517,524,655) | 530,084,959 | |||||
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FOREIGN BONDS-3.8% | ||||||
Australia Government-1.0% | ||||||
AUD 10,000,000 | 5.250%, 3/15/19 | 10,802,372 | ||||
Canada Government-1.0% | ||||||
CAD 5,000,000 | 3.750%, 6/1/19 | 5,503,136 | ||||
CAD 5,000,000 | 3.500%, 6/1/20 | 5,378,299 | ||||
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| |||||
10,881,435 | ||||||
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| |||||
Netherlands Government-0.5% | ||||||
EUR 3,000,000 | 4.000%, 7/15/19 | 4,618,985 | ||||
Norway Government-0.4% | ||||||
NOK 21,000,000 | 4.500%, 5/22/19 | 4,231,089 | ||||
Sweden Government-0.9% | ||||||
SEK 52,000,000 | 5.000%, 12/1/20 | 9,614,311 | ||||
TOTAL FOREIGN BONDS | ||||||
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| |||||
(Cost $36,423,950) | 40,148,192 | |||||
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MUNICIPAL BONDS-2.5% | ||||||
California-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Citrus Community College District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, Series B, 4.750%, 6/1/31 | 1,000,980 | ||||
Colorado-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Adams County School District No. 14 General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, 5.000%, 12/1/26 | 1,052,090 | ||||
Florida-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Florida State Board of Education Cap Outlay General Obligation Bonds, Series D, 5.000%, 6/1/38 | 1,024,880 | ||||
Georgia-0.3% | ||||||
3,000,000 | State of Georgia General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, Series B, 4.500%, 1/1/29 | 3,137,700 |
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June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Illinois-0.2% | ||||||
$500,000 | Kane & DeKalb Counties Community Unit School District No. 302 Kaneland General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Building), 5.500%, 2/1/28 | $528,455 | ||||
1,000,000 | Village of Bolingbrook General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, 5.000%, 1/1/37 | 1,004,390 | ||||
|
| |||||
1,532,845 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Louisiana-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission Revenue Bonds, Series A, 5.125%, 2/1/29 | 1,060,080 | ||||
Massachusetts-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Obligation Limited Bonds, Series C, 5.250%, 8/1/22 | 1,118,680 | ||||
Michigan-0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Marysville Public School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Building & Site), 5.000%, 5/1/32 | 1,006,950 | ||||
Ohio-1.1% | ||||||
4,620,000 | Columbus City School District Taxable Facilities & Improvement Build America Bonds, Series B, 6.150%, 12/1/33 | 4,702,975 | ||||
1,100,000 | Miamisburg City School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Facilities Construction & Improvement), 5.000%, 12/1/33 | 1,114,201 | ||||
500,000 | Mount Healthy City School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Improvement), 5.000%, 12/1/26 | 530,810 | ||||
1,000,000 | Ohio State University General Recipients Revenue Bonds, 4.910%, 6/1/40 | 950,100 | ||||
1,000,000 | Ohio State University General Recipients Revenue Bonds, Series A, 5.000%, 12/1/28 | 1,056,930 | ||||
500,000 | Springboro Community City School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, 5.250%, 12/1/23 | 563,235 | ||||
1,000,000 | State of Ohio General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, Series A, 5.375%, 9/1/28 | 1,081,990 | ||||
2,000,000 | State of Ohio General Obligation Unlimited Bonds, Series B, 5.000%, 2/1/22 | 2,119,040 | ||||
|
| |||||
12,119,281 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Texas-0.3% | ||||||
1,000,000 | Friendswood Independent School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (Schoolhouse), 5.000%, 2/15/37 | 1,022,520 | ||||
1,000,000 | Judson Independent School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Building), 5.000%, 2/1/37 | 1,022,870 | ||||
500,000 | Lamar Consolidated Independent School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (Schoolhouse), 5.000%, 2/15/38 | 512,495 | ||||
1,000,000 | Tyler Independent School District General Obligation Unlimited Bonds (School Building), 5.000%, 2/15/34 | 1,034,040 | ||||
|
| |||||
3,591,925 | ||||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS | ||||||
(Cost $25,894,038) | 26,645,411 | |||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES-97.0% | ||||||
(Cost $912,475,394) | 1,036,350,963 | |||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES-3.0% | 32,215,544 | |||||
|
| |||||
NET ASSETS-100.0% | $1,068,566,507 | |||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Less than 0.05% of Net Assets |
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AUD - Australian Dollar
CAD - Canadian Dollar
ETN - Exchange Traded Note
ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
EUR - Euro
GNMA - Government National Mortgage Association
LP - Limited Partnership
Ltd. - Limited
MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital International
NOK - Norwegian Krone
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P - Standard & Poor’s
SEK - Swedish Krona
VIX - Volatility Market Index, a key measure of market expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by S&P500
stock index option prices.
Foreign Bonds Securities Allocation | ||
% of net assets | ||
Asia - Pacific | 1.0% | |
Europe | 1.3% | |
Europe - Euro | 0.4% | |
North America | 1.0% | |
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3.7% | ||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments | James Small Cap Fund | |
June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCKS-92.6% | ||||||
Basic Materials-13.6% | ||||||
20,425 | Arch Chemicals, Inc. | $703,437 | ||||
157,545 | Boise, Inc. | 1,227,276 | ||||
60,150 | Buckeye Technologies, Inc. | 1,622,847 | ||||
13,480 | Fuwei Films Holdings Co., Ltd.* | 40,440 | ||||
490 | Great Northern Iron Ore Properties | 50,803 | ||||
55,825 | Innophos Holdings, Inc. | 2,724,260 | ||||
21,075 | Innospec, Inc.* | 708,331 | ||||
9,701 | Material Sciences Corp.* | 70,332 | ||||
12,115 | Materion Corp.* | 447,892 | ||||
3,825 | Mercer International, Inc.* | 38,556 | ||||
4,594 | Neenah Paper, Inc. | 97,760 | ||||
139,990 | PolyOne Corp. | 2,165,645 | ||||
11,220 | Quaker Chemical Corp. | 482,572 | ||||
8,260 | Rock-Tenn Co., Class A | 547,968 | ||||
1,039 | Southwall Technologies, Inc.* | 13,071 | ||||
2,395 | Universal Stainless & Alloy* | 111,990 | ||||
|
| |||||
11,053,180 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Cyclical-10.4% | ||||||
3,228 | Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.* | 13,396 | ||||
28,280 | The Cato Corp., Class A | 814,464 | ||||
21,895 | Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A* | 76,633 | ||||
3,378 | Destination Maternity Corp. | 67,492 | ||||
29,245 | Domino’s Pizza, Inc.* | 738,144 | ||||
4,585 | Dorman Products, Inc.* | 181,474 | ||||
1,575 | Flexsteel Industries, Inc. | 22,916 | ||||
8,550 | Friedman Industries, Inc. | 91,570 | ||||
15,540 | G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.* | 535,819 | ||||
2,535 | Global Traffic Network, Inc.* | 29,127 | ||||
18,800 | Jakks Pacific, Inc.* | 346,108 | ||||
8,156 | Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.* | 122,422 | ||||
6,535 | PC Connection, Inc.* | 54,110 | ||||
30,320 | Polaris Industries, Inc. | 3,370,674 | ||||
9,190 | PRIMEDIA, Inc. | 64,790 | ||||
8,705 | Rocky Brands, Inc.* | 107,420 | ||||
164,120 | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A | 1,802,038 | ||||
2,110 | Susser Holdings Corp.* | 33,169 | ||||
|
| |||||
8,471,766 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical-8.5% | ||||||
56,780 | Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 643,317 | ||||
53,995 | Bridgepoint Education, Inc.* | 1,349,875 | ||||
3,960 | Carriage Services, Inc. | 22,453 | ||||
2,184 | Collectors Universe, Inc. | 32,345 | ||||
41,760 | Cott Corp.* | 351,202 | ||||
20,840 | Darling International, Inc.* | 368,868 | ||||
44,080 | Elizabeth Arden, Inc.* | 1,279,642 | ||||
13,320 | Five Star Quality Care, Inc.* | 77,389 | ||||
22,080 | Helen of Troy, Ltd.* | 762,422 | ||||
8,240 | Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.* | 238,383 | ||||
34,960 | LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.* | 1,366,237 | ||||
2,880 | Lifetime Brands, Inc. | 33,811 | ||||
17,835 | Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc.* | 85,430 |
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June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical (continued) | ||||||
6,012 | MGP Ingredients, Inc. | $52,365 | ||||
6,395 | Nutraceutical International Corp.* | 98,355 | ||||
1,930 | The Providence Service Corp.* | 24,415 | ||||
12,580 | Shamir Optical Industry, Ltd. | 178,510 | ||||
|
| |||||
6,965,019 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Energy-9.4% | ||||||
3,170 | Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. | 80,835 | ||||
20,355 | Duncan Energy Partners LP | 880,557 | ||||
36,540 | Gulfport Energy Corp.* | 1,084,873 | ||||
63,755 | Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners LP | 1,790,878 | ||||
1,380 | REX American Resources Corp.* | 22,908 | ||||
14,060 | Royale Energy, Inc.* | 39,227 | ||||
81,430 | Star Gas Partners LP | 435,651 | ||||
20,550 | Sunoco Logistics Partners LP | 1,770,382 | ||||
32,880 | W&T Offshore, Inc. | 858,826 | ||||
177,667 | Warren Resources, Inc.* | 676,911 | ||||
|
| |||||
7,641,048 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Financial-14.6% | ||||||
162,970 | Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc. | 1,122,863 | ||||
76,310 | American Financial Group, Inc. | 2,723,504 | ||||
1,075 | Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A | 33,744 | ||||
22,450 | Crawford & Co., Class B | 158,721 | ||||
7,445 | ePlus, Inc.* | 196,846 | ||||
32,075 | EZCORP, Inc., Class A* | 1,141,068 | ||||
4,350 | Farmers Capital Bank Corp.* | 22,837 | ||||
33,220 | FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A | 1,068,023 | ||||
21 | Fidelity Southern Corp.* | 144 | ||||
48,670 | FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.* | 2,028,566 | ||||
5,510 | MainSource Financial Group, Inc. | 45,733 | ||||
16,420 | Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 362,225 | ||||
4,735 | Nicholas Financial, Inc.* | 56,252 | ||||
80,560 | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 2,461,914 | ||||
10,983 | Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 218,013 | ||||
6,300 | West Bancorporation, Inc. | 55,503 | ||||
3,490 | World Acceptance Corp.* | 228,839 | ||||
|
| |||||
11,924,795 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Industrial-8.3% | ||||||
10,782 | A.T. Cross Co., Class A* | 122,807 | ||||
23,890 | Alamo Group, Inc. | 566,193 | ||||
27,010 | Altra Holdings, Inc.* | 647,970 | ||||
2,840 | CAI International, Inc.* | 58,674 | ||||
4,975 | Chase Corp. | 83,381 | ||||
8,626 | Coleman Cable, Inc.* | 126,716 | ||||
107,875 | DryShips, Inc.* | 451,996 | ||||
4,365 | International Shipholding Corp. | 92,887 | ||||
9,675 | Littelfuse, Inc. | 568,116 | ||||
10,910 | LJ International, Inc.* | 34,803 | ||||
2,080 | Miller Industries, Inc. | 38,875 | ||||
2,175 | Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.* | 45,980 | ||||
54,720 | Power-One, Inc.* | 443,232 | ||||
3,275 | Sparton Corp.* | 33,471 |
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Schedule of Investments | James Small Cap Fund | |
June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Industrial (continued) | ||||||
2,545 | Standex International Corp. | $78,055 | ||||
75,437 | Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc | 1,655,842 | ||||
63,680 | Trimas Corp.* | 1,576,080 | ||||
5,664 | UFP Technologies, Inc.* | 107,163 | ||||
|
| |||||
6,732,241 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Technology-15.9% | ||||||
139,480 | Amkor Technology, Inc.* | 860,592 | ||||
158,103 | CGI Group, Inc., Class A* | 3,897,239 | ||||
11,725 | China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology, Ltd., ADR* | 45,727 | ||||
44,745 | CSG Systems International, Inc.* | 826,888 | ||||
4,475 | DDi Corp. | 42,691 | ||||
45,650 | Deluxe Corp. | 1,128,012 | ||||
9,480 | Emerson Radio Corp.* | 19,529 | ||||
6,145 | Formula Systems 1985, Ltd., Sponsored ADR | 104,957 | ||||
16,075 | GSI Technology, Inc.* | 115,740 | ||||
6,491 | Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.* | 62,768 | ||||
6,610 | Intersections, Inc. | 120,302 | ||||
4,708 | KEY Tronic Corp.* | 21,421 | ||||
1,157 | LGL Group, Inc.* | 11,234 | ||||
29,867 | Measurement Specialties, Inc.* | 1,066,252 | ||||
9,405 | Nova Measuring Instruments, Ltd.* | 95,179 | ||||
9,680 | Richardson Electronics, Ltd. | 131,551 | ||||
204,650 | SMART Modular Technologies WWH, Inc.* | 1,874,594 | ||||
15,100 | SMTC Corp.* | 30,955 | ||||
22,585 | Triumph Group, Inc. | 2,249,014 | ||||
9,445 | USA Mobility, Inc. | 144,131 | ||||
32,925 | Westell Technologies, Inc., Class A* | 117,542 | ||||
|
| |||||
12,966,318 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Utilities-11.9% | ||||||
30,745 | Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 1,230,722 | ||||
45,275 | Cleco Corp. | 1,577,834 | ||||
53,805 | El Paso Electric Co. | 1,737,902 | ||||
8,880 | HickoryTech Corp. | 105,494 | ||||
41,790 | IDACORP, Inc. | 1,650,705 | ||||
13,920 | IDT Corp., Class B | 376,118 | ||||
34,835 | NorthWestern Corp. | 1,153,387 | ||||
14,860 | Portland General Electric Co. | 375,661 | ||||
5,305 | SureWest Communications, Inc. | 88,700 | ||||
313,780 | Vonage Holdings Corp.* | 1,383,770 | ||||
|
| |||||
9,680,293 | ||||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||
(Cost$52,498,418) | 75,434,660 | |||||
|
| |||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-2.7% | ||||||
$1,100,000 | United States T-Bills, 7-Day Yield 0.020%(a) | 1,099,875 | ||||
1,100,000 | United States T-Bills, 7-Day Yield 0.090%(a) | 1,099,447 | ||||
|
| |||||
2,199,322 | ||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||
(Cost$2,199,434) | 2,199,322 |
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June 30, 2011 |
Value | ||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES-95.3% | ||||
(Cost $54,697,852) | $77,633,982 | |||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES-4.7% | 3,870,831 | |||
|
| |||
NET ASSETS-100.0% | $81,504,813 | |||
|
| |||
|
|
* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Rate shown represents the bond equivalent yield to maturity at date of purchase. |
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
LP - Limited Partnership
Ltd. - Limited
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments | James Mid Cap Fund | |
June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCKS-93.7% | ||||||
Basic Materials-12.1% | ||||||
4,000 | Domtar Corp. | $378,880 | ||||
2,500 | FMC Corp. | 215,050 | ||||
3,000 | Lubrizol Corp. | 402,810 | ||||
15,000 | PolyOne Corp. | 232,050 | ||||
12,000 | Silver Wheaton Corp. | 396,000 | ||||
1,624,790 | ||||||
Consumer, Cyclical-8.3% | ||||||
3,000 | Bristow Group, Inc. | 153,060 | ||||
4,000 | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 199,040 | ||||
7,000 | Dollar Tree, Inc.* | 466,340 | ||||
15,000 | RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | 294,150 | ||||
1,112,590 | ||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical-16.3% | ||||||
10,000 | Bridgepoint Education, Inc.* | 250,000 | ||||
4,500 | International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 289,080 | ||||
10,000 | LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.* | 390,800 | ||||
8,000 | Ruddick Corp. | 348,320 | ||||
100 | Seaboard Corp. | 241,800 | ||||
7,000 | Tupperware Brands Corp. | 472,150 | ||||
10,000 | Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 194,200 | ||||
2,186,350 | ||||||
Energy-13.1% | ||||||
4,000 | Cimarex Energy Co. | 359,680 | ||||
3,500 | Energen Corp. | 197,750 | ||||
2,000 | Ensco PLC, Sponsored ADR | 106,600 | ||||
4,000 | HollyFrontier Corp.* | 277,600 | ||||
6,000 | Newfield Exploration Co.* | 408,120 | ||||
10,000 | W&T Offshore, Inc. | 261,200 | ||||
4,000 | World Fuel Services Corp. | 143,720 | ||||
1,754,670 | ||||||
Financial-12.3% | ||||||
8,500 | American Financial Group, Inc. | 303,365 | ||||
12,500 | Brookfield Office Properties, Inc., REIT | 241,000 | ||||
4,000 | Home Properties, Inc., REIT | 243,520 | ||||
11,000 | Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 242,660 | ||||
13,000 | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 397,280 | ||||
3,500 | RLI Corp. | 216,720 | ||||
1,644,545 | ||||||
Industrial-11.6% | ||||||
3,000 | AGCO Corp.* | 148,080 | ||||
2,500 | Greif, Inc., Class A | 162,575 | ||||
7,500 | Jarden Corp. | 258,825 | ||||
2,000 | Joy Global, Inc. | 190,480 | ||||
6,500 | Timken Co. | 327,600 | ||||
8,000 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.* | 472,240 | ||||
1,559,800 |
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June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Technology-9.3% | ||||||
33,425 | Amkor Technology, Inc.* | $206,232 | ||||
7,500 | Arrow Electronics, Inc.* | 311,250 | ||||
15,000 | AVX Corp. | 228,600 | ||||
2,000 | Computer Sciences Corp. | 75,920 | ||||
13,500 | Deluxe Corp. | 333,585 | ||||
3,000 | Lexmark International, Inc., Class A* | 87,780 | ||||
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1,243,367 | ||||||
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Utilities-10.7% | ||||||
15,050 | CMS Energy Corp. | 296,335 | ||||
4,825 | DTE Energy Co. | 241,346 | ||||
8,000 | NorthWestern Corp. | 264,880 | ||||
10,000 | Portland General Electric Co. | 252,800 | ||||
7,000 | Southwest Gas Corp. | 270,270 | ||||
25,000 | Vonage Holdings Corp.* | 110,250 | ||||
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1,435,881 | ||||||
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| |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||
(Cost $9,761,022) | 12,561,993 | |||||
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EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS-1.6% | ||||||
3,000 | iShares® Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund | 217,530 | ||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS | ||||||
(Cost $210,406) | 217,530 | |||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES-95.3% | ||||||
(Cost $9,971,428) | 12,779,523 | |||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES-4.7% | 623,418 | |||||
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NET ASSETS-100.0% | $13,402,941 | |||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
PLC - Public Limited Company
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCKS-94.2% | ||||||
Basic Materials-8.1% | ||||||
25,000 | Fuwei Films Holdings Co., Ltd.* | $75,000 | ||||
870 | Great Northern Iron Ore Properties | 90,202 | ||||
18,197 | Material Sciences Corp.* | 131,928 | ||||
7,570 | Mercer International, Inc.* | 76,306 | ||||
8,695 | Neenah Paper, Inc. | 185,030 | ||||
2,026 | Southwall Technologies, Inc.* | 25,487 | ||||
4,460 | Universal Stainless & Alloy* | 208,549 | ||||
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792,502 | ||||||
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Consumer, Cyclical-13.4% | ||||||
6,069 | Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.* | 25,186 | ||||
43,240 | Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A* | 151,340 | ||||
6,678 | Destination Maternity Corp. | 133,426 | ||||
3,045 | Flexsteel Industries, Inc. | 44,305 | ||||
15,900 | Friedman Industries, Inc. | 170,289 | ||||
4,610 | Global Traffic Network, Inc.* | 52,969 | ||||
15,155 | Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.* | 227,477 | ||||
12,945 | PC Connection, Inc.* | 107,185 | ||||
17,145 | PRIMEDIA, Inc. | 120,872 | ||||
16,673 | Rocky Brands, Inc.* | 205,745 | ||||
4,152 | Susser Holdings Corp.* | 65,269 | ||||
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1,304,063 | ||||||
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Consumer, Non-cyclical-12.0% | ||||||
9,840 | Carriage Services, Inc. | 55,793 | ||||
4,379 | Collectors Universe, Inc. | 64,853 | ||||
24,766 | Five Star Quality Care, Inc.* | 143,891 | ||||
5,203 | Lifetime Brands, Inc. | 61,083 | ||||
35,115 | Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc.* | 168,201 | ||||
11,951 | MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 104,093 | ||||
12,580 | Nutraceutical International Corp.* | 193,480 | ||||
3,771 | The Providence Service Corp.* | 47,703 | ||||
23,480 | Shamir Optical Industry, Ltd. | 333,181 | ||||
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1,172,278 | ||||||
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Energy-4.3% | ||||||
6,060 | Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. | 154,530 | ||||
2,760 | REX American Resources Corp.* | 45,816 | ||||
26,120 | Royale Energy, Inc.* | 72,875 | ||||
37,805 | Warren Resources, Inc.* | 144,037 | ||||
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417,258 | ||||||
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Financial-15.4% | ||||||
2,270 | Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A | 71,255 | ||||
42,040 | Crawford & Co., Class B | 297,223 | ||||
14,620 | ePlus, Inc.* | 386,553 | ||||
7,500 | Farmers Capital Bank Corp.* | 39,375 | ||||
37 | Fidelity Southern Corp.* | 253 | ||||
9,830 | FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.* | 409,715 | ||||
10,920 | MainSource Financial Group, Inc. | 90,636 | ||||
8,772 | Nicholas Financial, Inc.* | 104,211 |
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Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Financial (continued) | ||||||
11,730 | West Bancorporation, Inc. | $103,341 | ||||
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| |||||
1,502,562 | ||||||
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Industrial-17.4% | ||||||
20,106 | A.T. Cross Co., Class A* | 229,007 | ||||
5,288 | CAI International, Inc.* | 109,250 | ||||
9,385 | Chase Corp. | 157,293 | ||||
17,030 | Coleman Cable, Inc.* | 250,171 | ||||
8,625 | International Shipholding Corp. | 183,540 | ||||
21,510 | LJ International, Inc.* | 68,617 | ||||
4,095 | Miller Industries, Inc. | 76,535 | ||||
4,240 | Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.* | 89,634 | ||||
6,425 | Sparton Corp.* | 65,663 | ||||
4,925 | Standex International Corp. | 151,050 | ||||
5,400 | Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc | 118,530 | ||||
10,584 | UFP Technologies, Inc.* | 200,249 | ||||
|
| |||||
1,699,539 | ||||||
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| |||||
Technology-17.6% | ||||||
21,955 | China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology, Ltd., ADR* | 85,625 | ||||
8,710 | DDi Corp. | 83,093 | ||||
18,635 | Emerson Radio Corp.* | 38,388 | ||||
12,155 | Formula Systems 1985, Ltd., Sponsored ADR | 207,607 | ||||
27,760 | GSI Technology, Inc.* | 199,872 | ||||
12,758 | Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.* | 123,370 | ||||
12,420 | Intersections, Inc. | 226,044 | ||||
9,229 | KeyTronic Corp.* | 41,992 | ||||
2,309 | LGL Group, Inc.* | 22,420 | ||||
17,480 | Nova Measuring Instruments, Ltd.* | 176,898 | ||||
16,715 | Richardson Electronics, Ltd. | 227,157 | ||||
29,920 | SMTC Corp.* | 61,336 | ||||
61,275 | Westell Technologies, Inc., Class A* | 218,752 | ||||
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| |||||
1,712,554 | ||||||
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| |||||
Utilities-6.0% | ||||||
5,210 | Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 208,556 | ||||
16,660 | HickoryTech Corp. | 197,921 | ||||
10,455 | SureWest Communications, Inc. | 174,808 | ||||
|
| |||||
581,285 | ||||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||
(Cost $8,176,649) | 9,182,041 | |||||
|
| |||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-2.1% | ||||||
$100,000 | United States T-Bills, 7-Day Yield 0.020%(a) | 99,988 | ||||
100,000 | United States T-Bills, 7-Day Yield 0.090%(a) | 99,950 | ||||
|
| |||||
199,938 | ||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||
(Cost $199,949) | 199,938 | |||||
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June 30, 2011 |
Value | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES-96.3% | ||||||
(Cost $8,376,598) | $9,381,979 | |||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES-3.7% | 362,834 | |||||
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| |||||
NET ASSETS-100.0% | $9,744,813 | |||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Rate shown represents the bond equivalent yield to maturity at date of purchase. |
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
Ltd. - Limited
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCKS-52.3% | ||||||
Basic Materials-5.8% | ||||||
6,140 | Buckeye Technologies, Inc.(a) | $165,657 | ||||
2,820 | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.(a) | 149,178 | ||||
3,160 | Innophos Holdings, Inc.(a) | 154,208 | ||||
10,250 | PolyOne Corp.(a) | 158,568 | ||||
|
| |||||
627,611 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Cyclical-8.2% | ||||||
560 | AutoZone, Inc.*(a) | 165,116 | ||||
2,415 | Dollar Tree, Inc.*(a) | 160,888 | ||||
4,800 | Moody’s Corp.(a) | 184,080 | ||||
14,890 | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 163,492 | ||||
3,540 | Viacom, Inc., Class A(a) | 203,479 | ||||
|
| |||||
877,055 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical-10.0% | ||||||
2,620 | Corn Products International, Inc.(a) | 144,834 | ||||
7,810 | Darling International, Inc.*(a) | 138,237 | ||||
5,210 | Eli Lilly & Co.(a) | 195,531 | ||||
3,105 | Helen of Troy, Ltd.*(a) | 107,216 | ||||
9,500 | Pfizer, Inc.(a) | 195,700 | ||||
2,840 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(a) | 146,487 | ||||
1,900 | WellPoint, Inc.(a) | 149,663 | ||||
|
| |||||
1,077,668 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Energy-6.0% | ||||||
1,955 | Chevron Corp.(a) | 201,052 | ||||
3,125 | HollyFrontier Corp.*(a) | 216,875 | ||||
8,490 | W&T Offshore, Inc.(a) | 221,759 | ||||
|
| |||||
639,686 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Financial-6.0% | ||||||
33,700 | Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc.(a) | 232,193 | ||||
4,125 | Capital One Financial Corp.(a) | 213,139 | ||||
2,535 | EZCORP, Inc., Class A*(a) | 90,183 | ||||
1,735 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.(a) | 103,423 | ||||
|
| |||||
638,938 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Industrial-3.9% | ||||||
885 | Caterpillar, Inc.(a) | 94,217 | ||||
920 | Cummins, Inc.(a) | 95,211 | ||||
1,870 | Littelfuse, Inc.(a) | 109,806 | ||||
1,935 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*(a) | 114,223 | ||||
|
| |||||
413,457 | ||||||
|
| |||||
Technology-5.1% | ||||||
8,640 | Deluxe Corp.(a) | 213,494 | ||||
21,400 | Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.*(a) | 206,938 | ||||
715 | Lockheed Martin Corp.(a) | 57,894 | ||||
3,260 | Symantec Corp.*(a) | 64,287 | ||||
|
| |||||
542,613 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments | James Long-Short Fund | |
June 30, 2011 |
Shares or Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Utilities-7.3% | ||||||
3,465 | BCE, Inc.(a) | $136,140 | ||||
4,650 | Exelon Corp.(a) | 199,206 | ||||
5,110 | IDACORP, Inc.(a) | 201,845 | ||||
4,125 | IDT Corp., Class B(a) | 111,457 | ||||
5,315 | Portland General Electric Co.(a) | 134,363 | ||||
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| |||||
783,011 | ||||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||
(Cost $5,379,540) | 5,600,039 | |||||
|
| |||||
U.S. TREASURY BONDS & NOTES-39.8% | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds-2.1% | ||||||
$200,000 | 4.625%, 2/15/17(a) | 228,000 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Notes-37.7% | ||||||
4,000,000 | 1.375%, 5/15/12 | 4,040,312 | ||||
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BONDS & NOTES | ||||||
(Cost $4,271,867) | 4,268,312 | |||||
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| |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES-92.1% | ||||||
(Cost $9,651,407) | 9,868,351 | |||||
SEGREGATED CASH WITH BROKERS-19.3% | 2,075,675 | |||||
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT-(26.8)% | ||||||
(Proceeds $(2,761,994)) | (2,874,010) | |||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES-15.4% | 1,648,302 | |||||
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| |||||
NET ASSETS-100.0% | $10,718,318 | |||||
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SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT | ||||||
Shares | Value | |||||
COMMON STOCKS-(26.8)% | ||||||
Basic Materials-(3.0)% | ||||||
(605) | Allied Nevada Gold Corp. | $(21,399) | ||||
(4,485) | Cemex SAB de CV, ADR | (38,571) | ||||
(5,165) | International Tower Hill Mines, Ltd. | (38,944) | ||||
(895) | Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd. | (22,644) | ||||
(335) | Molycorp, Inc. | (20,455) | ||||
(460) | Newcrest Mining, Ltd., Sponsored ADR | (18,630) | ||||
(2,110) | Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd. | (21,311) | ||||
(1,940) | Patriot Coal Corp. | (43,184) | ||||
(2,880) | Penn Virginia Corp. | (38,045) | ||||
(485) | United States Steel Corp. | (22,329) | ||||
(1,750) | Universal Forest Products, Inc. | (41,930) | ||||
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| |||||
(327,442) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Cyclical-(2.6)% | ||||||
(105) | Amazon.com, Inc. | (21,471) | ||||
(2,505) | Boyd Gaming Corp. | (21,793) | ||||
(315) | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A | (17,092) | ||||
(1,405) | Gaylord Entertainment Co. | (42,150) | ||||
(515) | Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc., ADR | (19,591) | ||||
(1,400) | Imax Corp. | (45,402) | ||||
(3,700) | Liz Claiborne, Inc. | (19,795) |
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Shares | Value | |||||
Consumer, Cyclical (continued) | ||||||
(1,630) | Nintendo Co., Ltd., ADR | $(37,979) | ||||
(2,435) | Ryland Group, Inc. | (40,251) | ||||
(480) | Six Flags Entertainment Corp. | (17,976) | ||||
|
| |||||
(283,500) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical-(2.3)% | ||||||
(1,660) | Ardea Biosciences, Inc. | (42,264) | ||||
(1,045) | Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (20,482) | ||||
(805) | comScore, Inc. | (20,849) | ||||
(1,995) | Emeritus Corp. | (42,394) | ||||
(710) | ExamWorks Group, Inc. | (18,027) | ||||
(720) | MAKO Surgical Corp. | (21,405) | ||||
(5,660) | Nektar Therapeutics | (41,148) | ||||
(1,180) | Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (41,654) | ||||
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| |||||
(248,223) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Energy-(3.6)% | ||||||
(615) | Amyris, Inc. | (17,275) | ||||
(1,325) | ATP Oil & Gas Corp. | (20,286) | ||||
(7,665) | Cal Dive International, Inc. | (45,837) | ||||
(545) | Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. | (22,754) | ||||
(520) | Cie Generale de Geophysique - Veritas, ADR | (19,022) | ||||
(3,355) | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. | (44,118) | ||||
(1,230) | Copano Energy LLC | (42,091) | ||||
(1,170) | Inergy LP | (41,371) | ||||
(800) | InterOil Corp. | (46,808) | ||||
(665) | Oasis Petroleum, Inc. | (19,737) | ||||
(4,080) | SandRidge Energy, Inc. | (43,493) | ||||
(1,060) | Talisman Energy, Inc. | (21,719) | ||||
|
| |||||
(384,511) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Financial-(5.1)% | ||||||
(810) | Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. | (20,841) | ||||
(670) | Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. | (20,743) | ||||
(3,445) | BancorpSouth, Inc. | (42,753) | ||||
(5,075) | Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. | (41,691) | ||||
(6,190) | China Real Estate Information Corp., ADR | (44,197) | ||||
(4,055) | E-House China Holdings, Ltd., ADR | (39,780) | ||||
(110) | Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. | (44,125) | ||||
(2,480) | Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA | (20,906) | ||||
(2,545) | Forestar Group, Inc. | (41,814) | ||||
(390) | Greenhill & Co., Inc. | (20,990) | ||||
(975) | Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., REIT | (20,114) | ||||
(3,775) | Hersha Hospitality Trust, REIT | (21,027) | ||||
(2,525) | Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | (20,680) | ||||
(1,100) | KBW, Inc. | (20,570) | ||||
(1,970) | Netspend Holdings, Inc. | (19,700) | ||||
(1,735) | Old Republic International Corp. | (20,386) | ||||
(1,730) | Oriental Financial Group, Inc. | (22,300) | ||||
(300) | PartnerRe, Ltd. | (20,655) | ||||
(740) | Pico Holdings, Inc. | (21,460) | ||||
(1,065) | State Bank Financial Corp. | (17,434) | ||||
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(542,166) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Industrial-(2.9)% | ||||||
(7,110) | A123 Systems, Inc. | (37,825) | ||||
(2,625) | AU Optronics Corp., ADR | (18,060) | ||||
(3,555) | Heckmann Corp. | (21,472) |
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Shares | Value | |||||
Industrial (continued) | ||||||
(1,675) | Masco Corp. | $(20,150) | ||||
(1,035) | Mobile Mini, Inc. | (21,932) | ||||
(2,110) | Quanta Services, Inc. | (42,622) | ||||
(1,355) | Swift Transportation Co. | (18,360) | ||||
(665) | Tesla Motors, Inc. | (19,372) | ||||
(1,395) | USG Corp. | (20,004) | ||||
(1,090) | Vulcan Materials Co. | (41,998) | ||||
(1,935) | Westport Innovations, Inc. | (46,479) | ||||
|
| |||||
(308,274) | ||||||
|
| |||||
Technology-(7.3)% | ||||||
(1,665) | Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (22,244) | ||||
(800) | BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. | (21,768) | ||||
(855) | Concur Technologies, Inc. | (42,810) | ||||
(615) | Cree, Inc. | (20,658) | ||||
(1,065) | Dendreon Corp. | (42,004) | ||||
(855) | DigitalGlobe, Inc. | (21,725) | ||||
(2,480) | Emulex Corp. | (21,328) | ||||
(2,025) | Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (20,351) | ||||
(540) | HeartWare International, Inc. | (40,003) | ||||
(1,685) | Human Genome Sciences, Inc. | (41,350) | ||||
(1,255) | InterXion Holding NV | (19,001) | ||||
(4,560) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (41,770) | ||||
(4,032) | Longtop Financial Technologies, Ltd., Sponsored ADR(b)(c) | (62,456) | ||||
(780) | MakeMyTrip, Ltd. | (19,110) | ||||
(4,585) | Micromet, Inc. | (26,318) | ||||
(555) | NetSuite, Inc. | (21,756) | ||||
(960) | Pegasystems, Inc. | (44,688) | ||||
(555) | QLIK Technologies, Inc. | (18,903) | ||||
(2,955) | Rambus, Inc. | (43,379) | ||||
(390) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | (22,117) | ||||
(1,080) | SBA Communications Corp., Class A | (41,246) | ||||
(955) | ServiceSource International, Inc. | (21,220) | ||||
(555) | Shanda Interactive Entertainment, Ltd., Sponsored ADR | (21,539) | ||||
(645) | SuccessFactors, Inc. | (18,963) | ||||
(1,220) | Universal Display Corp. | (42,810) | ||||
(1,205) | Velti PLC | (20,377) | ||||
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| |||||
(779,894) | ||||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT | (2,874,010) | |||||
|
| |||||
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT-(26.8)% | ||||||
(Proceeds $(2,761,994)) | $(2,874,010) | |||||
|
|
* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Security position is either entirely or partially held in a segregated account as collateral for securities sold short aggregating a total market value of $3,019,503. |
(b) | Security determined to be illiquid under the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. |
(c) | Fair valued security under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. |
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Security determined to be illiquid under the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Information related to the illiquid security is as follows:
Date of Purchase | Security | Cost | Market Value | % of Net Assets | ||||
06/28/11 | Longtop Financial Technologies, Ltd., Sponsored ADR(c) | $(58,826) | $(62,456) | (0.58)% |
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
LLC - Limited Liability Company
LP - Limited Partnership
Ltd. - Limited
NV - Naamloze Vennootschap is the Dutch term for a public limited liability corporation
PLC - Public Limited Company
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
SA - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law
SAB de CV - Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | James Advantage Funds | |
June 30, 2011 |
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund | James Long-Short Fund | ||||||||||||||||
ASSETS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
At cost | $ | 912,475,394 | $ | 54,697,852 | $ | 9,971,428 | $ | 8,376,598 | $ | 9,651,407 | ||||||||||
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At value | $ | 1,036,350,963 | $ | 77,633,982 | $ | 12,779,523 | $ | 9,381,979 | $ | 9,868,351 | ||||||||||
Segregated cash with brokers | – | – | – | – | 2,075,675 | |||||||||||||||
Cash | 21,042,077 | 5,784,162 | 1,006,096 | 1,035,617 | 5,759,413 | |||||||||||||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 5,765,987 | 31,625 | 13,845 | 6,546 | 12,957 | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for securities sold | 1,886,712 | – | 306,507 | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for securities sold short | – | – | – | – | 814,995 | |||||||||||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 5,397,075 | 434,460 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Other assets | 42,054 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 1,070,484,868 | 83,884,229 | 14,105,971 | 10,424,142 | 18,531,391 | |||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payable for securities sold short (proceeds $2,761,994) | – | – | – | – | 2,874,010 | |||||||||||||||
Payable for dividends on securities sold short | – | – | – | – | 501 | |||||||||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 702,066 | 89,327 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Payable for securities purchased | 179,163 | 2,195,900 | 688,065 | 668,746 | 4,932,967 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Management fees | 613,198 | 78,264 | 12,297 | 10,583 | 4,618 | |||||||||||||||
12b-1 distribution and service fees | 187,890 | 15,857 | 2,663 | – | 923 | |||||||||||||||
Other payables | 236,044 | 68 | 5 | – | 54 | |||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 1,918,361 | 2,379,416 | 703,030 | 679,329 | 7,813,073 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 1,068,566,507 | $ | 81,504,813 | $ | 13,402,941 | $ | 9,744,813 | $ | 10,718,318 | ||||||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
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Paid-in capital | $ | 926,253,445 | $ | 106,872,660 | $ | 11,086,319 | $ | 8,704,045 | $ | 10,613,734 | ||||||||||
Accumulated/(overdistributed) net investment income/(loss) | 115,561 | (148,786) | 71,646 | (3,022) | – | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss) on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency | 18,315,473 | (48,155,191) | (563,119) | 38,409 | (344) | |||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments, securities sold short and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency | 123,882,028 | 22,936,130 | 2,808,095 | 1,005,381 | 104,928 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 1,068,566,507 | $ | 81,504,813 | $ | 13,402,941 | $ | 9,744,813 | $ | 10,718,318 | ||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Advantage Funds | Statements of Assets and Liabilities | |
June 30, 2011 |
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund | James Long-Short Fund | ||||||||||||||||
PRICING OF RETAIL CLASS SHARES(a): |
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Net assets | $ | 937,696,114 | $ | 81,504,813 | $ | 13,402,941 | $ | 9,744,813 | $ | 10,718,318 | ||||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par) | 45,395,610 | 3,413,671 | 1,177,957 | 817,885 | 1,060,883 | |||||||||||||||
Net assets value, offering price and redemption price per share | $ | 20.66 | $ | 23.88 | $ | 11.38 | $ | 11.91 | $ | 10.10 | ||||||||||
PRICING OF INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: |
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Net assets | $ | 130,870,393 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par) | 6,350,654 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Net assets value, offering price and redemption price per share | $ | 20.61 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||
(a) | James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund do not have a share class and will be presented as Retail Class shares throughout this annual report for financial reporting presentation purposes only. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Advantage Funds | ||
For the Year or Period Ended June 30, 2011 |
James Balanced: Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund(a) | James Long-Short Fund(b) | ||||||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends (Net of withholding taxes of $97,097, $6,680, $488, $3,380 and $43, respectively) | $ | 6,734,672 | $ | 1,301,256 | $ | 207,575 | $ | 78,618 | $ | 2,457 | ||||||||||
Interest | 12,589,881 | 3 | – | – | 266 | |||||||||||||||
Other income | 923,000 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total Investment Income | 20,247,553 | 1,301,259 | 207,575 | 78,618 | 2,723 | |||||||||||||||
EXPENSES: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Management fees | 6,114,147 | 925,436 | 146,302 | 86,820 | 4,871 | |||||||||||||||
12b-1 distribution and service fees - Retail Class | 1,883,694 | 187,567 | 31,740 | – | 974 | |||||||||||||||
Dividend and interest expense on securities sold short | – | – | – | – | 880 | |||||||||||||||
Administration fee | 587,691 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Custodian fees | 85,549 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 177,767 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Trustee fees | 12,742 | 12,400 | 12,400 | 12,400 | – | |||||||||||||||
Registration fees | 142,232 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Shareholder report printing and mailing | 145,263 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Other expenses | 111,108 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total Expenses | 9,260,193 | 1,125,403 | 190,442 | 99,220 | 6,725 | |||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income/(Loss) | 10,987,360 | 175,856 | 17,133 | (20,602 | ) | (4,002 | ) | |||||||||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS: |
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Net realized gain from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Security transactions | 29,778,657 | 11,460,628 | 1,078,644 | 55,986 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Foreign currency transactions | 38,704 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments | 67,414,465 | 11,746,072 | 2,428,716 | 1,005,381 | 216,944 | |||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized depreciation on securities sold short | – | – | – | – | (112,016 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on foreign currency translation | 26,745 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments | 97,258,571 | 23,206,700 | 3,507,360 | 1,061,367 | 104,930 | |||||||||||||||
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | 108,245,931 | $ | 23,382,556 | $ | 3,524,493 | $ | 1,040,765 | $ | 100,928 | ||||||||||
(a) | Fund commenced operations on July 1, 2010. |
(b) | Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | |||||||
FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 10,987,360 | $ | 9,547,957 | ||||
Net realized gain from security transactions, securities sold short and foreign currency transactions | 29,817,361 | 5,346,478 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency translation | 67,441,210 | 44,983,967 | ||||||
Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 108,245,931 | 59,878,402 | ||||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
Retail Class: | ||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (9,200,356 | ) | (9,298,072 | ) | ||||
Dividends from net realized gains on investments | (5,605,358 | ) | – | |||||
Institutional Class: | ||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (1,681,618 | ) | (362,971 | ) | ||||
Dividends from net realized gains on investments | (647,555 | ) | – | |||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders | (17,134,887 | ) | (9,661,043 | ) | ||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 412,093,247 | 195,339,486 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 14,012,602 | 8,569,772 | ||||||
Payments for shares redeemed | (142,784,534 | ) | (219,698,279 | ) | ||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets from Retail Class capital share transactions | 283,321,315 | (15,789,021 | ) | |||||
Institutional Class Shares: | ||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 75,940,296 | 62,062,337 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 1,372,732 | 234,585 | ||||||
Payments for shares redeemed | (16,355,839 | ) | (1,021,374 | ) | ||||
Net increase in net assets from Institutional Class capital share transactions | 60,957,189 | 61,275,548 | ||||||
Total Increase in Net Assets | 435,389,548 | 95,703,886 | ||||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 633,176,959 | 537,473,073 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 1,068,566,507 | $ | 633,176,959 | ||||
Accumulated Net Investment Income | $ | 115,561 | $ | 1,473,656 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | |||||||
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 20,626,826 | 10,835,523 | ||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 697,794 | 472,356 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (7,175,417 | ) | (12,252,105 | ) | ||||
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding | 14,149,203 | (944,226 | ) | |||||
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | 31,246,407 | 32,190,633 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, end of year | 45,395,610 | 31,246,407 | ||||||
Institutional Class Shares: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 3,784,441 | 3,346,833 | ||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 68,068 | 12,778 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (813,206 | ) | (55,146 | ) | ||||
Net increase in shares outstanding | 3,039,303 | 3,304,465 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | 3,311,351 | 6,886 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, end of year | 6,350,654 | 3,311,351 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Small Cap Fund | Statements of Changes in Net Assets | |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | |||||||
FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 175,856 | $ | 70,765 | ||||
Net realized gain from security transactions | 11,460,628 | 4,815,460 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments | 11,746,072 | 15,433,671 | ||||||
Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 23,382,556 | 20,319,896 | ||||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
Retail Class: | ||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (120,000 | ) | – | |||||
Dividends from tax return of capital | – | (70,676 | ) | |||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders | (120,000 | ) | (70,676 | ) | ||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 20,729,996 | 14,350,027 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 116,325 | 68,734 | ||||||
Payments for shares redeemed | (28,046,892 | ) | (69,026,196 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets from Retail Class capital share transactions | (7,200,571 | ) | (54,607,435 | ) | ||||
Total Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets | 16,061,985 | (34,358,215 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 65,442,828 | 99,801,043 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 81,504,813 | $ | 65,442,828 | ||||
Accumulated Net Investment Loss | $ | (148,786 | ) | $ | – | |||
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 992,906 | 867,468 | ||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 5,446 | 3,819 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,322,978 | ) | (4,173,574 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares outstanding | (324,626 | ) | (3,302,287 | ) | ||||
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | 3,738,297 | 7,040,584 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, end of year | 3,413,671 | 3,738,297 | ||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | James Mid Cap Fund | |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended | |||||||
FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 17,133 | $ | 12,399 | ||||
Net realized gain/(loss) from security transactions | 1,078,644 | (216,255 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments | 2,428,716 | 918,310 | ||||||
Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 3,524,493 | 714,454 | ||||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
Retail Class: | ||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (48,621 | ) | (12,277 | ) | ||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders | (48,621 | ) | (12,277 | ) | ||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 3,641,912 | 5,405,499 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 47,281 | 12,253 | ||||||
Payments for shares redeemed | (3,259,497 | ) | (1,060,850 | ) | ||||
Net increase in net assets from Retail Class capital share transactions | 429,696 | 4,356,902 | ||||||
Total Increase in Net Assets | 3,905,568 | 5,059,079 | ||||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 9,497,373 | 4,438,294 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 13,402,941 | $ | 9,497,373 | ||||
Accumulated Net Investment Income | $ | 71,646 | $ | 1,974 | ||||
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 375,514 | 603,659 | ||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders | 4,434 | 1,374 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (307,726 | ) | (129,051 | ) | ||||
Net increase in shares outstanding | 72,222 | 475,982 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, beginning of year | 1,105,735 | 629,753 | ||||||
Shares outstanding, end of year | 1,177,957 | 1,105,735 | ||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Micro Cap Fund | Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011(a) | ||||
FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||
Net investment loss | $ | (20,602 | ) | |
Net realized gain from security transactions | 55,986 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments | 1,005,381 | |||
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Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 1,040,765 | |||
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FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 8,959,456 | |||
Payments for shares redeemed | (255,408 | ) | ||
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Net increase in net assets from Retail Class capital share transactions | 8,704,048 | |||
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Total Increase in Net Assets | 9,744,813 | |||
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NET ASSETS: | ||||
Beginning of year | – | |||
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End of year | $ | 9,744,813 | ||
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Accumulated Net Investment Loss | $ | (3,022 | ) | |
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||
Shares sold | 839,625 | |||
Shares redeemed | (21,740 | ) | ||
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Net increase in shares outstanding | 817,885 | |||
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Shares outstanding, beginning of year | – | |||
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Shares outstanding, end of year | 817,885 | |||
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(a) | Fund commenced operations on July 1, 2010. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | James Long-Short Fund |
For the Period Ended June 30, 2011(a) | ||||
FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||
Net investment loss | $ | (4,002 | ) | |
Net realized gain from security transactions | 2 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments and securities sold short | 104,928 | |||
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Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations | 100,928 | |||
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FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 10,619,105 | |||
Payments for shares redeemed | (1,715 | ) | ||
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Net increase in net assets from Retail Class capital share transactions | 10,617,390 | |||
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Total Increase in Net Assets | 10,718,318 | |||
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NET ASSETS: | ||||
Beginning of period | – | |||
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End of period | $ | 10,718,318 | ||
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Accumulated Net Investment Income | $ | – | ||
SUMMARY OF CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||
Retail Class Shares: | ||||
Shares sold | 1,061,053 | |||
Shares redeemed | (170 | ) | ||
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Net increase in shares outstanding | 1,060,883 | |||
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Shares outstanding, beginning of period | – | |||
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Shares outstanding, end of period | 1,060,883 | |||
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(a) | Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund – Retail Class | Financial Highlights | |
For a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated. |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2009 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2008 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of year | $ | 18.32 | $ | 16.69 | $ | 18.09 | $ | 18.33 | $ | 17.32 | ||||||||||
Income/(Loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.39 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | 2.50 | 1.63 | (1.40 | ) | 0.11 | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.74 | 1.93 | (1.12 | ) | 0.51 | 1.73 | ||||||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.24 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.40 | ) | ||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (0.16 | ) | – | (0.00 | ) (a) | (0.35 | ) | (0.32 | ) | |||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.40 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.75 | ) | (0.72 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 20.66 | $ | 18.32 | $ | 16.69 | $ | 18.09 | $ | 18.33 | ||||||||||
Total return | 15.01 | % | 11.60 | % | (6.19 | )% | 2.76 | % | 10.13 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) | $ | 937,696 | $ | 572,484 | $ | 537,358 | $ | 478,694 | $ | 341,664 | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.12% | 1.19% | 1.16% | 1.18% | 1.18% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.27% | 1.68% | 1.68% | 2.20% | 2.24% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 36% | 31% | 72% | 53% | 92% |
(a) | Amount rounds to less than $(0.005) per share. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights | James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund – Institutional Class | |
For a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated. |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | For the Period Ended June 30, 2009 (a) | ||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of year or period | $ | 18.33 | $ | 16.69 | $ | 14.80 | ||||||
Income from investment operations: | ||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.09 | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 2.47 | 1.65 | 1.94 | |||||||||
Total from investment operations | 2.79 | 1.99 | 2.03 | |||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.35) | (0.35) | (0.14) | |||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (0.16) | – | – | |||||||||
Total distributions | (0.51) | (0.35) | (0.14) | |||||||||
Net asset value at end of year or period | $ | 20.61 | $ | 18.33 | $ | 16.69 | ||||||
Total return | 15 .27 | % | 11.94 | % | 13.75 | %(b) | ||||||
Net assets, end of year or period (in thousands) | $ | 130,870 | $ | 60,693 | $ | 115 | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.87% | 1.06% | 0.95% | (c) | ||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.52% | 2.06% | 1.63% | (c) | ||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 36% | 31% | 72% | (b) |
(a) | Represents the period from commencement of operations (March 2, 2009) through June 30, 2009. |
(b) | Not Annualized. |
(c) | Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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James Small Cap Fund | Financial Highlights | |
For a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated. |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended | For the Year Ended | For the Year Ended | For the Year Ended June 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of year | $ | 17.51 | $ | 14.18 | $ | 20.04 | $ | 24.56 | $ | 23.28 | ||||||||||
Income/(Loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | 6.35 | 3.33 | (5.86) | (4.52) | 1.50 | |||||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | 6.40 | 3.35 | (5.80) | (4.42) | 1.61 | |||||||||||||||
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Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.03) | – | (0.06) | (0.10) | (0.11) | |||||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | – | – | – | – | (0.22) | |||||||||||||||
From tax return of capital | – | (0.02) | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
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Total distributions | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.06) | (0.10) | (0.33) | |||||||||||||||
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Paid-in capital from redemption fees(a) | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value at end of year | $ | 23.88 | $ | 17.51 | $ | 14.18 | $ | 20.04 | $ | 24.56 | ||||||||||
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Total return | 36.59 | % | 23.61 | % | (28.91) | % | (18.03) | % | 6 .97 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) | $ | 81,505 | $ | 65,443 | $ | 99,801 | $ | 177,915 | $ | 327,467 | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.23% | 0.08% | 0.37% | 0.42% | 0.54% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 60% | 38% | 46% | 54% | 104% |
(a) | Amount calculated based on average shares outstanding throughout the period. Effective February 21, 2007, the redemption fee was eliminated. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights | James Mid Cap Fund | |
For a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated. |
For the Year Ended June 30, 2011 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2010 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2009 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2008 | For the Year Ended June 30, 2007(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value-beginning of year | $ | 8.59 | $ | 7.05 | $ | 10.66 | $ | 11.70 | $ | 10.00 | ||||||||||
Income/(Loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | (b) | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | 2.82 | 1.54 | (3.61) | (1.01) | 1.70 | |||||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | 2.83 | 1.56 | (3.58) | (1.01) | 1.74 | |||||||||||||||
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From net investment income | (0.04) | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.01) | – | |||||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | – | – | – | (0.02) | (0.04) | |||||||||||||||
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Total distributions | (0.04) | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.04) | |||||||||||||||
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Paid-in capital from redemption fees(c) | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | (b) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value at end of year | $ | 11.38 | $ | 8.59 | $ | 7.05 | $ | 10.66 | $ | 11.70 | ||||||||||
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Total return | 32 .97 | % | 22.13 | % | (33.51) | % | (8.61) | % | 17.41 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) | $ | 13,403 | $ | 9,497 | $ | 4,438 | $ | 6,002 | $ | 6,441 | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.48% | 1.49% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.13% | 0.24% | 0.48% | 0.01% | 0.40% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 56% | 37% | 38% | 55% | 53% |
(a) | Fund commenced operations on June 30, 2006. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Amount calculated based on average shares outstanding throughout the period. Effective February 21, 2007, the redemption fee was eliminated. |
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For a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated. |
For the June 30, 2011(a) | ||||
Net asset value - beginning of year | $ | 10.00 | ||
Income from investment operations: | ||||
Net investment loss | (0.03 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 1.94 | |||
Total from investment operations | 1.91 | |||
Less distributions: | ||||
From net investment income | – | |||
From net realized gain on investments | – | |||
Total distributions | – | |||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 11.91 | ||
Total return | 19.10 | % | ||
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) | $ | 9,745 | ||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.50% | |||
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | (0.31%) | |||
Portfolio turnover rate | 69% |
(a) | Fund commenced operations on July 1, 2010. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights | James Long-Short Fund | |
For a share outstanding throughout the period indicated. |
For the Period Ended June 30, 2011(a) | ||||
Net asset value - beginning of period | $ | 10.00 | ||
Income from investment operations: | ||||
Net investment loss | (0.00) | (b) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 0.10 | |||
Total from investment operations | 0.10 | |||
Less distributions: | ||||
From net investment income | – | |||
From net realized gain on investments | – | |||
Total distributions | – | |||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.10 | ||
Total return | 1.00 | %(c) | ||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 10,718 | ||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short | 1.50% | (d) | ||
Ratio of dividend and interest expense on securities sold short | 0.23% | (d) | ||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.73% | (d) | ||
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | (1.03%) | (d) | ||
Portfolio turnover rate | 0% | (c) |
(a) | Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Not Annualized. |
(d) | Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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1. | GENERAL INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, James Small Cap Fund and James Mid Cap Fund are each a diversified series of James Advantage Funds (the “Trust”), and James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund are each a non-diversified series of the Trust (individually a “Fund,” collectively the “Funds”). The Trust is an open-end management investment company that was organized as an Ohio business trust on August 29, 1997. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund was originally organized as a series of the Flagship Admiral Funds Inc., a Maryland corporation. On June 26, 1998, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund was restructured through a tax-free reorganization as a series of the Trust. The James Small Cap Fund commenced its public offering of shares on October 2, 1998. The James Mid Cap Fund commenced its public offering of shares on June 30, 2006. Effective March 2, 2009, James Balanced: Golden Rainbow began offering a new class of shares: the Institutional Class. The initial class of shares is now referred to as the Retail Class. Each class of James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund represents an interest in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but differs primarily in distribution fees and shareholder features. The Retail Class shares are subject to distribution (12b-1) fees but have a lower minimum investment requirement and offer certain shareholder services not available to Institutional Class shareholders. The Institutional Class shares are not subject to distribution (12b-1) fees and are available only through investment advisers and bank trust departments that have made arrangements for shares of all of their clients investing in the Fund to be held in an omnibus account (as well as other entities that are approved by management of the Trust). The James Micro Cap Fund commenced its public offering of shares on July 1, 2010. The James Long-Short Fund commenced its public offering of shares on May 23, 2011.
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of growth and income and preservation of capital in declining markets. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in common stocks and/or debt securities that the Fund’s adviser, James Investment Research, Inc. (“James” or the “Adviser”), believes are undervalued.
James Small Cap Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in common stocks of small capitalization companies.
James Mid Cap Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in common stocks of mid capitalization companies.
James Micro Cap Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in common stocks of micro capitalization companies.
James Long-Short Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in foreign and domestic equity securities that the Adviser
believes are undervalued and more likely to appreciate, and by selling short equity securities that the Adviser believes are overvalued and more likely to depreciate. The Fund also may take long positions in domestic and foreign fixed income securities that the Adviser believes are more likely to appreciate in the interest rate and spread environment anticipated by the Adviser, and short positions in fixed income securities that the Adviser believes are more likely to depreciate in the interest rate and spread environment anticipated by the Adviser. The Fund seeks to achieve positive returns on both the long positions and short positions that it takes in various securities.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
Share Valuation
The net asset value per share of each Fund, other than the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, is calculated daily by dividing the total value of the Fund’s assets, less liabilities, by the number of shares outstanding. The net asset value per share of each class of shares of the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund is calculated daily by dividing the total value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, less liabilities attributable to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class.
Securities Valuation
The Funds’ portfolio securities, including short positions, are valued as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open for business and on any other day that the Fair Valuation Policy would dictate. Equity securities that are traded on any exchange, including closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds, are valued at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, a security is valued at its last bid price except when, in James’s opinion, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the security. Securities that are traded on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are valued at their NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) for all NASDAQ National Market (“NNM”) and NASDAQ Capital Market® securities. When market quotations are not readily available, if an event occurs after the close of the trading market (but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its net asset value) that materially affects a security’s value, or when James determines that the market quotation does not accurately reflect the current value or when a non-144A restricted security is being valued, that security will be valued at its fair value as determined in good faith in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees. The Funds may use pricing services to determine market value for securities. Fixed income securities will be valued by an independent, recognized pricing service, which determines valuations based upon market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of securities or a matrix method which considers yield or price of comparable bonds provided by a pricing service. If the Adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair market value of the securities or when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, those securities will be priced at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser. Short-term investments in fixed-income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost
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method of valuation, which the Board of Trustees has determined will approximate fair value.
For valuation purposes, quotations of foreign securities in a foreign currency are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the time of pricing the Funds. In computing the net asset value of the Funds by the fund accounting service provider, ALPS Fund Services, Inc., the values of foreign portfolio securities are generally based upon market quotations which, depending upon the exchange or market, may be last sale price last bid price or the average of the last bid and asked prices as of, in each case, the close of the appropriate exchange or another designated time.
The calculation of the share price of each Fund that holds foreign securities in its portfolio does not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the values of many of the foreign portfolio securities used in such calculation. Events affecting the values of foreign portfolio securities that occur between the time their prices are determined and the calculation of the Fund’s share price will be taken into account by the Adviser, subject to review by the Board of Trustees, in the determination of the value of those securities.
In accordance with the Trust’s good faith pricing guidelines, James is required to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities for which it has determined other pricing sources are not available or reliable as described above. There is no single standard for determining fair value, since fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As a general principle, the current fair value of an issue of securities being valued by the Adviser
would appear to be the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale. Methods which are in accordance with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings, (ii) a discount from market of a similar freely traded security (including a derivative security or a basket of securities traded on other markets, exchanges or among dealers), or (iii) yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1 - | quoted prices in active markets for identical securities | |
Level 2 - | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) | |
Level 3 - | significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, securities maturing within 60 days of the reporting date are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the 1940 Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of June 30, 2011:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund
Valuation Inputs | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 366,522,383 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 366,522,383 | ||||||||
Closed-End Funds | 857,210 | – | – | 857,210 | ||||||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 15,475,160 | – | – | 15,475,160 | ||||||||||||
Exchange Traded Notes | 161,184 | – | – | 161,184 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 236,310 | – | – | 236,310 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds | – | 41,974,036 | – | 41,974,036 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage Backed Securities | – | 10,029,713 | – | 10,029,713 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies | – | 4,216,405 | – | 4,216,405 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes | 530,084,959 | – | – | 530,084,959 | ||||||||||||
Foreign Bonds | – | 40,148,192 | – | 40,148,192 | ||||||||||||
Municipal Bonds | – | 26,645,411 | – | 26,645,411 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 913,100,896 | $ | 123,250,067 | $ | – | $ | 1,036,350,963 | ||||||||
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James Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 75,434,660 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 75,434,660 | ||||||||
Short Term Investments | 2,199,322 | – | – | 2,199,322 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 77,633,982 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 77,633,982 | ||||||||
James Mid Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 12,561,993 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 12,561,993 | ||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 217,530 | – | – | 217,530 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 12,779,523 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 12,779,523 | ||||||||
James Micro Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 9,182,041 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 9,182,041 | ||||||||
Short Term Investments | 199,938 | – | – | 199,938 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,381,979 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 9,381,979 | ||||||||
James Long-Short Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs | ||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 5,600,039 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 5,600,039 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes | 4,268,312 | – | – | 4,268,312 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,868,351 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 9,868,351 | ||||||||
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Other Financial Instruments* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Securities Sold Short | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | (2,811,554 | ) | $ | – | $ | (62,456 | ) | $ | (2,874,010 | ) | |||||
Total | $ | (2,811,554 | ) | $ | – | $ | (62,456 | ) | $ | (2,874,010 | ) | |||||
* | For Detailed descriptions of sector and industry, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments. |
The following is a reconciliation of the other financial instruments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:
James Long-Short Fund
Securities Sold Short | Balance as of June 30, 2010 | Realized gain/(loss) | Change in unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) (a) | Net purchases/ (sales) (a) | Transfer in and/or (out) of Level 3 | Balance as of June 30, 2011 | Net change in unrealized depreciation included in the Statement of Operations attributable to Level 3 other financial instruments still held at June 30, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | $ | – | $ | – | $ | (3,630 | ) | $ | (58,826 | ) | $ | – | $ | (62,456 | ) | $ | (3,630 | ) | ||||||||||
Total | $ | – | $ | – | $ | (3,630 | ) | $ | (58,826 | ) | $ | – | $ | (62,456 | ) | $ | (3,630 | ) | ||||||||||
(a) Net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are included in the related amounts on securities sold short in the Statement of Operations, applicable.
For the year or period ended June 30, 2011, the Funds did not have any significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 securities.
For the year or period ended June 30, 2011, the Funds, other than James Long-Short Fund, did not have any securities which used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in determining fair value.
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Securities Transactions
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis may have extended settlement periods. Any securities so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during this period. The James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund will instruct its custodian to segregate assets in a separate account with a current value at least equal to the amount of its when-issued and delayed delivery purchase commitments. As of June 30, 2011 the Funds did not hold when-issued securities or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
Foreign Currency Translation
The market value of investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate at the close of each business day. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars based at the exchange rate on the date of the transaction.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from the changes in the value of assets and liabilities including investments in securities at the reporting period, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
Short Sales and Segregated Cash
The James Long-Short Fund actively sells short equity and fixed income securities. Short sales are transactions in which the Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security. To complete such a transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to deliver to the buyer upon the short sale; the Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing it in the open market at some later date.
The Fund will incur a loss if the market price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in value between those dates. If a security sold short pays a dividend while the Fund is short that security, the Fund will pay the dividend and record that amount as an expense.
All short sales are collateralized, as required by the Fund’s prime broker. The Fund maintains the collateral in segregated accounts consisting of cash and/or high-grade liquid assets sufficient to collateralize the market value of its short positions.
Investment Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is determined on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on all debt securities. Amortization and accretion is calculated using the effective yield method.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Net investment income, if any, is generally declared and distributed to shareholders of each Fund annually, except for the Golden Rainbow Fund, which distributes net investment income quarterly. Net realized capital gains from security transactions, if any, are distributed to shareholders not less frequently than annually. Furthermore, capital gains are distributed only to the extent they exceed available capital loss carryforwards. Distributions to shareholders of net investment income and net realized capital gains are recorded on the exdividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Accordingly, temporary overdistributions as a result of these differences may occur and will be classified as either distributions in excess of net investment income and/or distributions in excess of net realized gains from security transactions, where applicable.
Distributions received from Limited Partnership investments of a fund are recorded as a return of capital and are excluded from available income in the calculation of distributions paid by the Funds. Return of capital is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and in the Schedule of Investments.
Allocations
Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund is allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses, which are not attributable to a specific class, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Expenses not directly billed to a particular Fund are allocated proportionally among all Funds daily in relation to net assets of each Fund or another reasonable measure.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
New Accounting Pronouncements
On January 21, 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2010- 06”). ASU 2010-06 amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. Specifically, ASU 2010-06 requires entities to disclose: a) the amounts of significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the
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fair value hierarchy and the reasons for these transfers; b) the reasons for any transfers in or out of Level 3; and c) information in the reconciliation of recurring Level 3 measurements about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis. In addition, ASU 2010-06 clarifies the requirement for entities to disclose information about both the valuation techniques and inputs used in estimating Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements. The requirement to separately disclose purchases, sales, issuances and settlements of recurring Level 3 measurements is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010, of which management is evaluating the implications of this requirement under ASU 2010-06 and the impact it will have to the Funds’ financial statement disclosures. All other disclosures required by ASU 2010-06 have been adopted by the Funds, and are reflected in these financial statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (“ASU No. 2011-04”), which includes amendments to the Accounting Standards Update for Fair Value Measurement (the “ASU”). The ASU requires disclosure of all transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and the reasons for those transfers. The ASU expands the qualitative and quantitative fair value disclosure
requirements for fair value measurements categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and requires a description of the valuation processes in place and a description of the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs and interrelationships between those inputs if a charge in those inputs would result in a significantly different fair value measurement. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Adoption of this accounting guidance is currently being assessed by management, but is not expected to have a material impact to the Funds’ financials statements.
Federal Income Taxes
The Funds generally intend to distribute all taxable income and capital gains to shareholders, if any, and to otherwise continue to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies.
Therefore, no federal tax provision is required. During the year ended June 30, 2011, none of the Funds recorded a liability for any uncertain tax positions in the accompanying financial statements. The Funds file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction. For the years ended June 30, 2008 through June 30, 2011, the Funds’ returns are still open to examination by the appropriate taxing authority.
The tax character of distributions paid for the year or period ended June 30, 2011 was as follows:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund | James Long-Short Fund(1) | ||||||||||||||||
Distributions paid from Ordinary Income | $ | 10,881,974 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 48,621 | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||
Distributions paid from Long- | 6,252,913 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Distributions paid from Return of Capital | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 17,134,887 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 48,621 | $ | – | $ | – |
(1) Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011.
The tax character of distributions paid for the year ended June 30, 2010 was as follows:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund | James Long-Short Fund | ||||||||||||
Distributions paid from Ordinary Income | $ | 9,661,043 | $ | – | $ | 12,277 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
Distributions paid from Long-Term Capital Gains | – | – | – | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
Distributions paid from Return of Capital | – | 70,676 | – | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,661,043 | $ | 70,676 | $ | 12,277 | N/A | N/A |
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The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of June 30, 2011:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Small Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Micro Cap Fund | James Long-Short Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 912,598,849 | $ | 54,215,548 | $ | 9,971,428 | $ | 8,382,192 | $ | 9,651,407 | ||||||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 129,376,116 | 24,026,334 | 2,909,425 | 1,457,870 | 232,652 | |||||||||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (5,624,002) | (607,900) | (101,330) | (458,083) | (15,708) | |||||||||||||||
Net appreciation/depreciation of foreign Currency | 6,459 | – | – | – | (112,016) | |||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation/ depreciation | 123,758,573 | 23,418,434 | 2,808,095 | 999,787 | 104,928 | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated capital gains/(losses) | 18,438,928 | (48,786,281) | (563,119) | 2,528 | (344) | |||||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income | 115,561 | – | 71,646 | 38,453 | – | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated earnings/deficit | 142,313,062 | (25,367,847) | 2,316,622 | 1,040,768 | 104,584 |
The difference between the cost of portfolio investments on a tax basis and financial statement cost for the Funds is due primarily to wash sale losses and to the differing treatment of certain investments under income tax regulations and GAAP.
During the year ended June 30, 2011, James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, James Small Cap Fund and James Mid Cap Fund each utilized capital loss carryovers in the amount of $5,485,393, $11,364,484 and $905,728, respectively.
The capital loss carryforwards remaining as of June 30, 2011 in the table below expire as follows:
Amount | Expiration Date | |||||||
James Small Cap Fund | $ | 5,875,060 | June 30, 2016 | |||||
20,300,717 | June 30, 2017 | |||||||
22,470,686 | June 30, 2018 | |||||||
James Mid Cap Fund | $ | 563,119 | June 30, 2018 |
The capital loss carryforwards may be utilized in future years to offset net realized capital gains, if any, prior to distributing such gains to shareholders.
Reclassification of Capital Accounts: Reclassifications result primarily from the difference in the tax treatment of net investment losses and distributions in excess of net investment income. The following reclassifications have been made on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and have no impact on the net assets or net asset value of the Funds:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | James Cap Fund | James Mid Cap Fund | James Cap | James Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Paid In-Capital | $ | (766) | $ | (19,957) | $ | 16,499 | $ | (3) | $ | (3,656) | ||||||||||
Undistributed/ (Over distributed) Net Investment Income | (517,379) | (204,642) | 101,160 | 17,580 | 4,002 | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated Net Realized Gains (Losses) | 518,145 | 224,599 | (117,659) | (17,577) | (346) |
2. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales (including maturities) of investments in long-term U.S. Government obligations for the year or period ended June 30, 2011 were as follows:
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | $ | 387,966,184 | $ | 124,324,179 | ||||
James Long-Short Fund(1) | 4,272,313 | – |
(1) Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011.
Purchases and sales (including maturities) of investments in other securities for the year or period ended June 30, 2011 were as follows:
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | $ | 241,674,106 | $ | 170,414,247 | ||||
James Small Cap Fund | 41,030,978 | 44,882,096 | ||||||
James Mid Cap Fund | 7,320,788 | 6,740,548 | ||||||
James Micro Cap Fund | 12,506,567 | 4,384,810 | ||||||
James Long-Short Fund(1) | 5,379,540 | – |
(1) Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2011.
For the period ended June 30, 2011, the cost of securities purchased to cover short sales and the proceeds from securities sold short were $0 and $2,761,994, respectively, for the James Long-Short Fund.
3. | MANAGEMENT FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Management Agreement
The Funds retain James to manage the Funds’ investments. The investment decisions for the Funds are made by a committee of James’ personnel, which is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund’s portfolio. James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund is authorized to pay James a fee equal to an annual rate of 0.74% of its average daily net assets for assets up to and including $500 million; at the annual rate of 0.70% of the average daily net assets for assets from $500 million up to and including $1 billion; at the annual rate of 0.65% of the average daily net assets for assets from $1
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billion up to and including $2 billion; and at the annual rate of 0.60% of the average daily net assets for assets over $2 billion. James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund is responsible for the payment of all of its operating expenses.
James is authorized to receive a fee equal to an annual rate of 1.25% of the average daily net assets of the James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund and the James Long-Short Fund, respectively, for assets up to and including $500 million; 1.20% of average daily assets for assets from $500 million up to and including $1 billion; 1.15% of the average daily assets for assets from $1 billion to and including $2 billion; and 1.10% of the daily average net assets over $2 billion. James is authorized to receive a fee equal to 1.50% of James Micro Cap Fund average daily assets for assets up to and including $500 million and 1.45% of average daily assets for assets over $500 million. Advisory fees for the James Small Cap, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund are reduced by the fees and expenses of the non-interested person trustees incurred by the applicable Fund.
James is responsible for the payment of all operating expenses of the James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund, except for brokerage fees and commissions, taxes, interest (including dividend expense on securities sold short) and 12b-1 expenses.
Administrative Services Agreement
ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS” or the “Administrator”) serves as administrator to the Funds. ALPS receives a monthly fee paid by James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, for itself, and paid by James for the James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund, subject to a minimum monthly fee. Pursuant to an administrative agreement, ALPS will provide operational services to the Funds including, but not limited to fund accounting and fund administration and generally assist in each Fund’s operations.
Transfer Agency and Services Agreement
ALPS, pursuant to a Transfer Agency and Services Agreement with the Trust, serves as Transfer Agent for the Funds. Under the Transfer Agency and Services Agreement, ALPS receives an annual minimum fee, a fee based upon the number of shareholder accounts, and is also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses. These fees and reimbursements for out of pocket expenses are paid and reimbursed by James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, for itself, and by James, for the James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund.
Plans of Distribution
Each Fund (only the Retail Class of the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund), other than the James Micro Cap Fund, has adopted a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (collectively, the “Plans”) under which each Fund may incur expenses related to distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. Payments under a Plan are made to James, which uses them to pay distribution and shareholder service expenses on behalf of and as agent of the Fund. The amount payable by each Fund (the Retail Class of the James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund), other than the James Micro Cap Fund, under its Plan is 0.25% of its average daily net assets for the year. The Plans are compensation plans, which means that payments are made to
James regardless of 12b-1 expenses actually incurred. Therefore, payments under a Plan may exceed distribution and shareholder service expenses incurred pursuant to the Plan, and James is permitted to retain the excess. It is also possible that 12b-1 expenses paid by James for a period will exceed the payments received by James, in which case James may pay such excess expenses out of its own resources. Payments received by James under the Plans are in addition to the fees paid to James pursuant to the Management Agreements. The Plans require that James act in the Funds’ best interests in expending the payments it receives from the Funds and use payments solely for the purpose of paying distribution expenses on behalf of the Funds. The Funds’ Distributor, Unified Financial Services, Inc., verifies all payment amounts to be made to brokers that have properly executed dealer agreements with the Funds before James will make such payments. For the year ended June 30, 2011, $1,883,694, $187,567, $31,741 and $974 was paid to James on behalf of James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund and James Long-Short Fund, respectively, pursuant to the Plans.
4. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Funds indemnify the Trust’s officers and trustees for certain liabilities that might arise from their performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds evaluated subsequent events from June 30, 2011, the date of these financial statements, through the date these financial statements were issued and available. There were no subsequent events to report that would have a material impact on the Funds’ financial statements.
On July 19, 2011, ALPS Holdings, Inc. (“ALPS”) and its various subsidiaries (including ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc.), entered into a merger agreement (“Transaction Agreement”) providing for the acquisition of ALPS by DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”). If the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”) is completed, ALPS will become a wholly owned subsidiary of DST, a publicly traded company. Completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including without limitation obtaining regulatory approval and the consent to the Transaction by a certain percentage of ALPS’ clients representing a specified percentage of the annualized revenue of ALPS and its subsidiaries. ALPS and DST currently expect to complete the Transaction in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of the James Advantage Funds:
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments and securities sold short, of the James Advantage Funds (the “Funds”), comprised of James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, James Small Cap Fund, James Mid Cap Fund, James Micro Cap Fund, and James Long-Short Fund as of June 30, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year or period then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years or periods then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the funds constituting the James Advantage Funds as of June 30, 2011, the results of their operations for the year or period then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years or periods then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
August 24, 2011
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DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION
For corporate shareholders, the following ordinary dividends paid during the year ended June 30, 2011 qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | 50.63 | % | ||||
James Small Cap Fund | 100.00 | % | ||||
James Mid Cap Fund | 43.07 | % |
PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES
James is responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and held by the Funds. A description of the policies and procedures that James uses in fulfilling this responsibility and information regarding how those proxies were voted during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge upon request by calling toll free 1-800-995-2637. These items are also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO DISCLOSURE
James files a complete listing of portfolio holdings for each Fund as of the end of the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The complete listing (i) is available on the Commission’s website; (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; and (iii) will be made available to shareholders upon request by calling 1-800-995-2637. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling
1-800-SEC-0330.
ADVISORY AGREEMENT APPROVAL
The James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund
The James Small Cap Fund
The James Mid Cap Fund
The James Micro Cap Fund
The Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved the continuation of the Management Agreements with James Investment Research, Inc. (the “Adviser”) for The James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, The James Small Cap Fund, The James Mid Cap Fund and The James Micro Cap Fund at a meeting on February 23, 2011.
The Independent Trustees were assisted by experienced independent legal counsel throughout the contract review process. They discussed the proposed continuances in executive session with such counsel at which no representatives of management or the Adviser were present. The Independent Trustees relied upon the advice of independent legal counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each Management Agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. Among other factors, the Trustees considered for each Fund the Fund’s performance; the nature,
extent and quality of the services provided; the costs of the services provided; any profits realized by the Adviser; the Adviser’s compliance policies; the extent to which economies of scale will be realized as the Fund grows; and whether fees reflect those economies of scale. The conclusions reached by the Independent Trustees were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all of the information provided and were not the result of any one factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors in reaching his conclusions with respect to each Agreement.
At the February 23, 2011 Board meeting, a representative of the Adviser referred the Trustees to the materials that had been provided to them for purposes of their consideration of the Management Agreements for the Funds. He reviewed the services provided by the Adviser to the Funds, as well as a comparison of the advisory services provided to other clients. He noted that the Adviser spends more time servicing the Funds’ shareholders than many other mutual fund advisers do. He reported that there were no material changes in the structure or relationships of the Adviser.
The representative next reviewed with the Trustees the average total returns of each Fund through December 31, 2010 (one year, three years and five years, to the extent applicable), and the expense ratios and management fees of each Fund through September 30, 2010, with a peer group of Funds with the same, or very similar, investment objectives and strategies. He reminded the Trustees that the peer groups were the same peer groups as had been used for comparison purposes at prior Board meetings, noting that each peer group had been selected based on the investment style and strategies employed by the Funds, as well as by asset size. He also reviewed comparisons of the Funds’ performance with their respective benchmarks.
The Trustees then discussed each Fund’s performance. With regard to Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, they noted that the Fund’s Retail Class had outperformed its peer group average and its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods and continues to receive recognition as one of the top performing balanced funds. For the Small Cap Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund had outperformed its peer group average and its benchmark for the one-year period and its benchmark for the 10-year period, but underperformed its peer group average and its benchmark for the three-and five-year periods and its peer group average for the ten-year period. The Trustees then noted that the Mid Cap Fund had substantially outperformed its peer group average and slightly underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period, and had slightly underperformed its peer group average and underperformed its benchmark for the three-year period and since inception (June 30, 2006). For the Micro Cap Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund had underperformed its peer group average and its benchmark since inception (July 1, 2010), but noted that this was only a six-month period and that much of the underperformance was due to the timing of new money coming into the Fund and resultant cash that took time to invest in a rising market. At the conclusion of their review of the above Funds’ performance, the Trustees noted that the Adviser regularly analyzes each Fund’s performance, and may make changes in the weight it gives certain factors as a result of the analysis. They remarked on the improved performance of The James Small Cap Fund and The James Mid Cap Fund, which they in part attributed to adjustments made by the Adviser.
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A representative of the Adviser then reviewed a description of the other services provided to the Funds. He reviewed the marketing services provided, pointing out that the cost of those services was in part reimbursed through the Funds’ 12b-1 plans, and emphasized that the Adviser is fully committed to marketing the Funds. The independent legal counsel noted that the Trustees could not take into consideration any marketing expenses incurred by the Adviser in determining whether the management fee for any Fund is reasonable. A representative of the Adviser reminded the Trustees that an officer of the Adviser serves as the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the Funds and that the Adviser pays the CCO costs of the Funds pursuant to the Management Agreements. He also pointed out that the Adviser monitors the expenses of each Fund and gives careful attention to the allocation of expenses among the Funds. He also noted that the Adviser provides a great deal of individualized attention to the Funds’ shareholders.
The representative then reviewed the management fee and expense ratio for each Fund, and compared the fee and expense ratio with the median and average fees and expense ratios of the Fund’s respective peer group. He noted that the expense ratio was more meaningful than the management fee for all of the Funds, except The Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, because those Funds have a universal fee structure where the Adviser pays all of the expenses of the Fund and is compensated with a higher management fee. He further noted that most of the funds in the peer group comparisons do not share this structure. In this regard, the Trustees noted that they thought the appropriate comparison for all of the Funds, except The Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund, was the total expense ratio, due to the fact that the Funds had a universal fee structure. The Trustees further noted that some of the funds in the peer groups were one class of a fund that has many classes, and thus benefit from economies of scale provided by the other classes. Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the management fees for each of the Funds appeared reasonable. The Trustees then discussed the management fees of the Funds compared to the fees charged by the Adviser for similar private accounts.
The Trustees indicated that they had reviewed an analysis of the Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Funds during their executive session, as well as information on average profitability of advisers surveyed by a consulting firm. The Trustees reviewed the expense and profitability information, and after a discussion with representatives of the Adviser, concluded that the information provided was adequate for them to determine whether the overall profitability was reasonable. After discussion, the Trustees acknowledged that the profitability levels of those Funds that were profitable to the Adviser were in the acceptable range.
A representative of the Adviser then reminded the Trustees that the Adviser had added breakpoints in the management fee for each of the Funds. The Trustees acknowledged that the Adviser was entitled to reasonable profits and indicated that the existing breakpoints should pass on the benefits of any economies of scale to shareholders.
The Trustees then reviewed other benefits that might be realized by the Adviser as a result of its relationship with the Funds. A representative of the Adviser noted that the Adviser does not have any soft dollar arrangements with broker-dealers. He acknowledged that
the Adviser benefits from its association with the Funds and that it currently benefits from favorable press generated by the Funds.
The Trustees then indicated that it was their consensus that the information presented and the discussion of the information were adequate for making a determination regarding the renewal of the Management Agreements. The Trustees stated that they were satisfied with the Adviser’s and each Fund’s performance, and they complimented the Adviser on its proactive adjustments in response to its analysis of Fund performance. The Trustees then concluded that, based on their review of the management fees and overall expense comparisons, as well as all information relating to the profitability of the Adviser, that the management fees for each Fund were reasonable and that the arrangements were not generating excessive profits to the Adviser. The Trustees further concluded that the existing fee breakpoints would make each Fund’s management fee reflective of economies of scale.
As to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser, the Trustees expressed their common opinion that the Adviser’s personnel are highly qualified, that the Adviser provides excellent services to the Funds and that the extent of the services is consistent with the Board’s expectations.
After further discussion, and based upon their review of the information provided in the Board materials and distributed at the meeting, it was the consensus of the Independent Trustees, and all of the Trustees, that the continuation of each Management Agreement for an additional year was in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders.
The James Long-Short Fund
The Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved the Management Agreement with James Investment Research, Inc. (the “Adviser”) for The James Long-Short Fund (the “Fund”) at a meeting on May 20, 2011.
The Independent Trustees were assisted by experienced independent legal counsel throughout the contract review process. They discussed the proposed approval in executive session with such counsel at which no representatives of management or the Adviser were present. The Independent Trustees relied upon the advice of independent legal counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the Management Agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. Among other factors, the Trustees considered the nature, extent and qualify of services expected to be provided by the Adviser; the anticipated costs of the services to be provided and anticipated profits to be realized by the Adviser; the Adviser’s compliance policies; the extent to which economies of scale will be realized as the Fund grows; and whether fees reflect those economies of scale. The conclusions reached by the Independent Trustees were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all of the information provided and were not the result of any one factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors in reaching his conclusions with respect to the Agreement.
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At the May 20, 2011 Board meeting, a representative of the Adviser referred the Trustees to the materials that had been provided to them prior to the meeting for purposes of their consideration of the Management Agreement. He reviewed the Adviser’s investment strategy for the Fund with the Trustees, as well as the services provided by the Adviser to the other Funds of the Trust. For performance comparison purposes, he noted that the Adviser did not manage any accounts with objectives and strategies similar to the Fund. He stated, however, that the Adviser had experience using the strategies contemplated for the Fund. He then reviewed the terms of the proposed Management Agreement for the Fund with the Trustees, noting that the fee is structured as a universal fee, as are the fees for most of the other Funds of the Trust. He next reviewed the estimated expense ratio of the Fund compared to its peer group universe approved by the Trustees earlier during the meeting, noting that the Fund’s estimated expense ratio of 1.75% was less than the average of 1.94% for its peer group. The Trustees remarked that the expense ratio was a more meaningful comparison than the advisory fee because the Fund has a universal fee structure where the Adviser pays most of the expenses of the Fund and is compensated with a higher advisory fee. A representative of the Adviser pointed out that the Fund’s management fee has break points designed to make the management fee reflective of economies of scale. He also noted that the Fund would have to reach significant size before it would be profitable to the Adviser.
At this point, the Trustees indicated that it was their consensus that the information presented and the discussion of their experience with the Adviser, the Adviser’s compliance program and Code of Ethics, the proposed expense ratio, and the performance of the other Funds of the Trust were adequate for making a determination regarding the approval of the proposed Management Agreement for the Fund. As to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser, the Trustees expressed their common opinion that the Adviser’s personnel are highly qualified, that the Adviser provides excellent services to the existing Funds of the Trust and that the extent of the services would likewise be appropriate and consistent with the Board’s expectations for the Fund. The Trustees then concluded, based on their review of the management fees and overall expense comparison of the Fund’s peer group, that the proposed management fees for the Fund are reasonable and that the arrangements would not generate excessive profits to the Adviser. The Trustees further concluded that the existing fee breakpoints would make the Fund’s management fee reflective of economies of scale.
After further discussion, and based upon their review of the information provided in the Board materials and distributed at the meeting, it was the consensus of the Independent Trustees, and all of the Trustees, that the approval of the Management Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
TAX DESIGNATIONS
Qualified Dividend Income
The percentage of ordinary income dividends distributed during the year ended June 30, 2011 are designated as qualified dividend income (QDI) as defined in Section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code in the following percentages:
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund | 54.56 | % | ||
James Small Cap Fund | 100.00 | % | ||
James Mid Cap Fund | 43.07 | % |
Pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, James Balanced: Golden Rainbow Fund designated $6,252,913 as long-term capital gains dividends.
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INTERESTED TRUSTEES | ||||||||
Name/Address/Age | Position(s) With Fund/ Time Served | Principal Occupation by Trustee During the Past 5 Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen | Other Directorships Held by Trustee Outside During the Past 5 Years | ||||
Barry R. James, CFA James Investment Research, Inc.1349 Fairground Road Beavercreek, OH 45385 Age: 54 | President & Trustee since 1997 | President and CEO, James Investment Research (2005-Present), Executive Vice President, James Investment Research (2000-2006), CEO, James Capital Alliance (2005- Present) and Director (1992-Present) | 5 | Director, heart to Honduras Director, FAIR Foundation (2010-Present), Owner – www.mrmicrobusiness.com | ||||
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | ||||||||
Name/Address/Age* | Position(s) With Fund/ Time Served | Principal Occupation by Trustee During the Past 5 Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen | Other Directorships Held by Trustee Outside During the Past 5 Years | ||||
Anthony P. D’Angelo Age: 81 | Trustee since 1997 | Retired, professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Logistics and Acquisitions Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (Retired since 1999) | 5 | None | ||||
Leslie L. Brandon Age: 68 | Trustee since 2003 | Retired partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Columbus, OH (1966 -2000) | 5 | None | ||||
Richard C. Russell Age: 64 | Trustee since 2003 | Consultant, Danis Companies (construction and real estate development firm), 2002 -present) | 5 | Director, Excellence in Motivation (1994-present); Director, Dayton Reliable Tool (1999-present) |
* | All Trustees may be contacted at c/o The James Advantage Funds, Attn: Secretary, 1349 Fairground Road, Beavercreek, OH 45385. |
OFFICERS | ||||
Name/Address/Age | Position(s) With Fund/Time Served/ During Past 5 Years | Principal Occupation by Officer | ||
Thomas L. Mangan James Investment Research, Inc. 1349 Fairground Road Bevercreek, OH 45385 Age: 61 | Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer since 1997 | Senior Vice President, James Investment Research, Inc. | ||
JoEllen L. Legg, c/o ALPS Fund Services, Inc. 1290 Broadway, Ste. 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Age: 49 | Assistant Secretary since 2010 | Vice President and Associate Counsel of ALPS Fund Services, Inc., ALPS Advisors Inc., ALPS Distributors Inc. and FTAM Distributors, Inc. Ms. Legg is also the Secretary of Financial Investors Trust and Transparent Value Trust, Assistant Secretary of the Stone Harbor Investment Funds and WesMark Funds, and Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Oak Associates Funds. | ||
Dawn Cotten c/o ALPS Fund Services, Inc. 1290 Broadway, Ste. 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Age: 33 | Assistant Treasurer since 2010 | Fund Controller of ALPS Fund Services, Inc. Ms. Cotten is also the Assistant Treasurer of Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund, RiverNorth Funds and Stonebridge Funds Trust. |
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FACTS
What does James Advantage Funds do with your personal information?
Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some, but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depends on the product or service that you have with us. This information can include:
• | Social Security number and wire transfer instructions |
• | account transactions and transaction history |
• | investment experience and purchase history |
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?
All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons James Advantage Funds chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information: | Does James Advantage Funds share information? | Can you limit this sharing? | ||
For our everyday business purposes - such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus. | YES | NO | ||
For our marketing purposes - to offer our products and services to you. | YES | NO | ||
For joint marketing with other financial companies. | NO | We don’ts hare | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and records. | NO | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your credit worthiness. | NO | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates to market to you | NO | We don’t share | ||
For non-affiliates to market to you | NO | We don’t share |
Questions? Call 1-800-99 James
What we do: | ||
How does James Advantage Funds protect my personal information? | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information. | |
How does James Advantage Funds collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you • open and account or deposit money • direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities • seek advice about your investments We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. | |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only: • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness. • affiliates from using your information to market to you. • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you. State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. | |
Definitions | ||
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. • Our affiliates include financial companies, such as James Investment Research, Inc. and James Capital Alliance. | |
Non-affiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. • James Advantage Funds does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. | |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. • James Advantage Funds does not jointly market. |
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For information about the Funds, or to make inquiries about the Funds, please call 1-800-99JAMES (1-800-995-2637).
www.jamesfunds.com |
INVESTMENT ADVISER James Investment Research, Inc. P.O. Box 8 Alpha, Ohio 45301 info@jamesfunds.com
CUSTODIAN U.S. Bank 425 Walnut Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
TRANSFER AGENT ALPS Fund Services, Inc. 1290 Broadway Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 | INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Deloitte & Touche LLP 250 East Fifth Street Suite 1900 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
DISTRIBUTOR Unified Financial Securities, Inc. 2960 N. Meridian St. Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 (Member, FINRA)
LEGAL COUNSEL Thompson Hine LLP 312 Walnut Street 14th Floor Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.
(b) For purposes of this item, “code of ethics” means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:
(1) | Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; |
(2) | Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the registrant; |
(3) | Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations; |
(4) | The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and |
(5) | Accountability for adherence to the code. |
(c) Amendments: During the period covered by the report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics.
(d) Waivers: During the period covered by the report, the registrant has not granted any express or implicit waivers from the provisions of the code of ethics.
(e) Not applicable to this report.
(f) Code of Ethics was filed with registrant’s June 30, 2005 N-CSR and is hereby incorporated by reference with all amendments.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a) The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that Leslie L. Brandon is an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Brandon is independent for purposes of this Item 3.
(b) For purposes of this Item, an “audit committee financial expert” means a person who has the following attributes:
(1) | An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; |
(2) | The ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves; |
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(3) | Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; |
(4) | An understanding of internal control over financial reporting; and |
(5) | An understanding of audit committee functions. |
(c) A person shall have acquired such attributes through:
(1)Education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions;
(2)Experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions;
(3)Experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or
(4)Other relevant experience.
(d)
(1) A person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77k), as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item.
(2) The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.
(3) The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) Audit Fees
June 30, 2011 | June 30, 2010 | |
$73,500 | $65,385 |
Such audit fees represent the aggregate fees billed for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements.
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(b) Audit-Related Fees
Registrant | Adviser | |||
June 30, 2011 | $0 | $0 | ||
June 30, 2010 | $0 | $0 |
Neither the registrant nor the adviser was billed any fees by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statement and not otherwise included under “Audit Fees” above.
(c) Tax Fees
Registrant | Adviser | |||
June 30, 2011 | $16,700 | $0 | ||
June 30, 2010 | $10,700 | $0 |
“Tax fees” shown in the table above were for services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP in relation to the preparation of excise filings and income tax returns for the registrant.
(d) All Other Fees
Registrant | Adviser | |||
June 30, 2011 | $0 | $0 | ||
June 30, 2010 | $0 | $0 |
The registrant was not billed any fees by Deloitte & Touche LLP for products and services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP, other than the services reported above in items (a) - (c), for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010.
(e) Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
(1) Pursuant to the registrant’s Audit Committee Charter (“Charter”), the Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, termination, compensation, and oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm employed by the registrant. In addition, the Charter provides that the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving in advance any and all proposals under which the independent auditor would provide “permissible non-audit services” (as defined in the Charter) to the registrant or to the investment adviser to the registrant (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and that is sub-contracted or overseen by the investment adviser to the registrant) or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant if those permissible non-audit services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant. In determining whether to pre-approve non-audit
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services, the Audit Committee considers whether such services are consistent with the independent auditor’s independence.
(2) |
Registrant | Adviser | |||
Audit Related | 100% | n/a | ||
Tax Fees | 100% | n/a | ||
Other Fees | n/a | n/a |
(f) Not applicable to registrant.
(g) Aggregate non-audit fees billed by registrant’s accountant:
Registrant | Adviser | |||
June 30, 2011 | $16,700 | $0 | ||
June 30, 2010 | $10,700 | $0 |
(h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of trustees has considered that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to an entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, as identified above, that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, are compatible with maintaining Deloitte & Touche LLP’s independence.
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 6. | Schedule of Investments. |
The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 8. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers |
Not applicable to the registrant.
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Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The registrant has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.
Item 11. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal half-year that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. | Exhibits. |
(a)(1) | Code of Ethics identified in Item 2 of Form N-CSR was filed with registrant’s June 30, 2005 N-CSR and is hereby incorporated by reference. | |
(a)(2) | Certifications required by Item 11(b) of Form N-CSR are filed herewith. | |
(b) | Certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) The James Advantage Funds
By (Signature and Title)
/s/ Barry R. James
Barry R. James
President
Date: September 1, 2011
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)
/s/ Barry R. James
Barry R. James
President
Date: September 1, 2011
By (Signature and Title)
/s/ Thomas L. Mangan
Thomas L. Mangan
Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
Date: September 1, 2011